Hippocrates, Father of Medicine: Do No Harm

Hippocrates, known as the father of medicine coined the phrase now repeated in the Hippocratic Oath: do no harm. The idea just as it was taught by the Greek philosopher and scientist is vital and alive even today.

How closely do you think it’s actually followed in the twenty-first century?

Recently I took my son to a podiatrist after the pediatrician told me that’s who I would have to see and wrote out a referral. He’s 13 and has flat feet that point outwards when he walks.

The podiatrist looked at him for a whole 30 seconds and began to tell me right in front of my son that he needed an immediate triple surgery where a portion of his foot would be removed and a steel plate inserted. He would not be able to walk for a year, and it would likely give him trouble for the rest of his life.

Do no harm? I was livid.

To cripple a healthy 13 year old boy?

Fortunately I’m not a parent that is cowed by a doctor. He is now doing daily exercises that are addressing the root cause which was his body’s alignment issues.

Unfortunately, this is not an isolated case. People who are normally skeptical at sales presentations are much less so when they are being sold by a doctor. This was a $30,000 procedure (that the insurance would pay for and it doesn’t pay for the much less expensive solution I found).

It goes back to the training in medical schools today: it’s all pharmaceutical interventions and surgery.

Sometimes this is essential and will save lives, but how many times are other alternatives simply overlooked?

For years I had been searching for a better way. In the process I found a very unique place, that is based on the crazy notion that the body is amazing and self-healing.

What a notion, that our bodies will actually do the work of healing if we just give them the tools and nutrition they need. Oh, and stop working them to death with processed foods.

Named after the father of medicine, the Hippocrates Health Institute truly believes and practices “do no harm” as it teaches people how to create their own healing.

To me, the experience I had at Hippocrates Institute was a taste of heaven. It was so uniquely different.

They call it a miracle, the people who have healed themselves from fibromyalgia, diabetes, cancer and all manner of health conditions - by following what they learn.