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"We must end the paradigm of telling the patient that there is nothing to do with your case"

Interview with Dr. Cristobal Fraga, a professor in the courses of Applied Nutrition and Natural Therapies , told Galician "La Voz de Galicia

fraga Cristobal Gonzalez, is the family physician Ourense and professor in the Master of Natural Medicine, University of Santiago de Compostela. Furthermore, it is one of the foremost experts in Galicia, from the several years, complementary and alternative medicine. Yesterday, the Congress of European Culture, analyzed the different specialties in the industry.

Journalist: Natural medicine is something that apparently was completely left aside by the conventional medicine. Ought to change this situation?
Cristobal Fraga: We need to open some eyes of health professionals so they can see that there is always an alternative if you close the door they know. We must end the paradigm of telling the patient that there is nothing to do with your case. There are solutions for everything. The impossible does not exist, you must play the odds. The more weapons you have, the easier it is.
Journalist: Because if left side of natural medicine?
Cristobal Fraga : Because before despair there are many business and took advantage of that branch of knowledge for profit.
Journalist: How is now the dissemination of knowledge among professionals?
Cristobal Fraga: You are creating a discipline. There are paramedics who know much, but there are no references. In the United States of America, in all medical schools are no chairs or complementary binding on natural medicine. The reference book on medicine all over the world, Harrison, incorporates the two years since an entire chapter devoted to alternative medicine. Today you can not say that a professional has no idea when asked something about this field.
Journalist: There's no point conventional medicine?
Cristobal Fraga: There are things that work and things that do not. Sometimes after spending the disease, the doctor tells the patient: a normal life from now on and periodic checks. But what is the normal life? If the patient repeats the same, the disease can return. It is necessary to understand the patient and options involve him. If you say you have to eat more garlic and lemon, he understands and engages.