URBANOLOGY
HARLEM COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS
Alternative Medicine
By: W.A.Rogers
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became interested in alternative medicine in 1995 when doctors told my late wife Carmen Tatum-Rogers that we should consider looking into hospice care because after years of treatments chemotherapy and radiation were no longer an
option to address her cancer. Where do you go when your doctors tell you that they can no longer help you? Some people will give up and die and some will continue to explore alternative health care options as we did. This was the beginning of my Journey along the paths of education and awareness of alternative options for health care. Our understanding and practice of alternative health options allowed Carmen to live three years longer than her doctors predicted. Her last words to me before she passed in NYU Hospital on May 12th 1998 was “I know why this is happening to me, its to prepare you for
what you must do”. I was not sure of the meaning of those words. I was also haunted by the thought that if I had only known about the alternative health options that was used to keep Carmen alive three years after the doctors gave up on her, perhaps she could have lived longer. This is the reason I have made it my life’s focus to provide as many people as possible with the understanding of holistic wellness options. The wisdom of our elders tells us that when one door closes in life another one opens. In the early to mid 90’s holistic wellness products and options were very few and many very costly. After years of out of pocket alterna-
tive health expenses by 1999 I had to turn to my financial advisor at City College Laura Abadsantos who was also a Taoist Ki Energy master. In 2002 I traveled to Korea and trained to become the first African American Jung Shim Korean Taoist Ki master, in time Laura and I married and now provide alternative health options to people at the Harlem Ki Energy Wellness Center. In 1993 I founded Harlem Holistic Wellness Week (www.h2w.nyc), to promote alternative health and wellness organizations and their services to a larger number of people. I am sharing some of my personal journey because many who read this article may soon face the difficult question that I once faced “what do
I do if my doctor can’t help me? This question can be difficult for some because alternative medicine is not promoted as a health option in a socially programed big Pharma controlled society. Even when big pharma can’t help with the current COVID-19 coronavirus at this time. The activities during Harlem Holistic Wellness Week (www.h2w.nyc) and the two day alternative wellness expo at the City College of New York will provide the opportunity to explore holistic health and wellness options that you might not hear about in the general media reports. You will not hear about homeopathic remedies like Arsenicum Album 30c a remedy you can purchase in the Vita-
min Shop and is currently being used in India to address the COVID-19 virus, or how CBD oils can work with the bodies endocannabinoid system (ECS) to combat any virus or how pure organic ginseng can improve the body’s ability to fight viruses. Holistic wellness week 2020 will be very important. Over the years I have used this HCN column, and my WHCR 90.3 FM Urbanology radio program to bring awareness to as many people as possible about alternative health care options. The Soul City TV network (www.soulcity.me) will cover H2W2020 events allowing millions of people to understand alternative health care options. I now understand what I was being prepared to do.
Harlem Community Newspapers | March 12. 2020
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