“Nature is the doctor and Nature determines its own direction.” Hippocrates The reason why Hippocrates is accepted as the father of medicine is based on his development of a method based on observation and logic, which is still valid today.
BC 5th century Hippocrates believed that the body could heal itself. He laid very important foundations for Medical Science during his lifetime, but after the death of Hippocrates, the Kos School began to decline because his students were not at his level or respected so much that new theses on his principles were not developed and new additions to his theses were not dared to be developed.
Living in the Renaissance era, Paracelsus, known for his aggressive and different personality, always remained true to Hippocrates’ principle that “the doctor’s place is with the patient.” he would say.
Dr. Hermann Boerhaave, who lived in the 18th century, used to say, “The doctor should decide calmly by putting aside all kinds of academic prejudices in the presence of the patient.” He was so famous that it is said that a letter sent from China with only “Dr.Hermann Boerhaave- Europe” on it reached him.
He owed his fame to his education. He would visit with his students every day, talk to the patients, examine them and listen to them. He would tell his impressions to his students. The students he trained were also very successful later on.
Today, physicians trained in modern medicine have moved away from the sick bed; they listen to their patients less. Clinicians began to take anamnesis only within the framework of their specialty. Physical examination began to play a diminishing role in diagnosis. The list of inspections got longer and longer.
As a result, people with high socio-cultural level started to show more interest in complementary medicine methods all over the world. In our age, the thesis that people deteriorate their health by themselves has become stronger, and thus the importance of protecting our existing health while there is still time has emerged. Although the technological developments in the field of medicine turn the heads of doctors, patients now want doctors to listen to them, look at their faces, touch them, and show interest and compassion.
Patients are happier because Complementary Medicine Physicians do this. Because physicians working in this field prioritize the patient, not the disease, and examine the person within the framework of the body-mind-spirit union. Physicians who practice Complementary Medicine have really important duties. First of all, we must purify this treatment on the human body from non-doctor practitioners.
Another important issue is this: Physicians who do not receive adequate training, who do Atlas Acupuncture with superficial information, and those who think that they are doing Neuraltherapy with local injections without understanding the logic of Neuraltherapy are damaging this work. Every patient who has not regained his health with these methods is written to our household as a minus point. We need more physicians who truly love this job, who are well-educated and look at it from the perspective of Complementary Medicine, and more people who regain their health with these methods and announce it around them. Only then can we gain a place in the medical world as we deserve.
