| When I was a teenager, I was involved in a | | | | rehabilitation phase. In fact, I felt that |
| serious car accident that left me in a coma. | | | | Western medical treatment sometimes produced |
| In the hours, days, and weeks that followed, | | | | adverse side effects that impeded my progress |
| I was kept alive by a vast array of | | | | towards whole body health.In Search of |
| sophisticated medical technologies, | | | | Natural Health and Wellness |
| high-precision devices, and advanced western | | | | AlternativesThat's when my interest in |
| pharmaceutical treatments. Fortunately, that | | | | alternative forms of healing first took root. |
| was precisely what my body needed following | | | | As a young adult, I researched and |
| my near-fatal accident. And that is precisely | | | | experienced a wide range of "alternative" |
| what "conventional" Western medicine does | | | | healing modalities: Chinese medicine, |
| best -- keeps bodies functioning in the face | | | | acupuncture, and Ayurvedic medicine were just |
| of acute trauma, life-threatening illnesses, | | | | some of the ancient medical systems I |
| or severe accidents.During my post-coma | | | | explored as I blazed my own trail towards |
| rehabilitation, I had to relearn everything. | | | | natural health and wellness. I also |
| Literally. While other teens were learning | | | | experimented with and integrated meditation, |
| how to drive, I was re-learning how to walk, | | | | a healthy diet, and yoga into my bag of |
| how to talk, how to read and write and dress | | | | natural health tricks. Ultimately, though, |
| myself. During that time, I began to question | | | | the medical science that made the most sense |
| the role of conventional medicine in my | | | | for my health was homeopathy.Contemporary |
| recovery. While Western medicine had done a | | | | Western homeopathic medicine was developed by |
| great job of keeping my body alive during the | | | | an 18th-century German physician, chemist, |
| crisis phase following my accident, I didn't | | | | and scholar named Samuel Hahnemann. Dr. |
| feel it was as effective in the | | | | |