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are the herbs and treatments according to Hildegard von Bingen alright?	speranza	Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Question: I have been suffering from an arthritis type of illness for 27 years.I recently started with a catholic doctor using her way of treating.The fact that bloodletting has to be done by full moon and also that apparently some importance is given to stones makes me afraid it is new age.Can you help?Thank you
Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OLSM Dear Speranza: You have to be joking? Any "doctor" practicing bloodletting by the full moon needs to be reported to the licensure board on charges of malpractice and quackery. As to the medical writings of Blessed Hildegard von Binge, she made major contributions to the folk medicine of her time. For example, she was the first, I think, to propose boiling of water as a prevention against illness. But, as visionary and insightful as she was about folk medicine, herbs, and plants she was a product of her time. I have not read her medical writings, but if Blessed Hildegard proposed bloodletting by the full moon, she was wrong, though perhaps consistent with her era. Because she was a remarkable woman with many "firsts" including such things as the first to clinically describe a woman's orgasm, her medical insights, folk healing, and the like, many people in the New Age and feminism have cling to her as a model (with usually distorted interpretations of her writings to suit their particular agenda). Bottomline: bloodletting by the full moon with rocks is quackery. Do not walk but RUN away from this quack doctor if that is what she is proposing. I would do more than that, actually. If this person is actually a licensed doctor, I would report her to the State Licensure board. This is serious abuse of her medical license in my opinion. Keep your blood in your veins, enjoy the full moon as a beautiful creation of God and nothing more, and keep the rocks on the ground. :) God Bless, Bro. Ignatius Mary For information on how to receive help see our Help page. We suggest that before contacting us directly for help you try the Seven Steps to Self-Deliverance. These self-help steps will often resolve the problem. Also our Spiritual Warfare Prayer Catalog contains many prayers that may be helpful. If needed you can ask for a Personal Consultation.

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are the herbs and treatments according to Hildegard von Bingen alright?

speranza

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

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I have been suffering from an arthritis type of illness for 27 years.I recently started with a catholic doctor using her way of treating.The fact that bloodletting has to be done by full moon and also that apparently some importance is given to stones makes me afraid it is new age.Can you help?Thank you

Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OLSM

Dear Speranza:

You have to be joking? Any "doctor" practicing bloodletting by the full moon needs to be reported to the licensure board on charges of malpractice and quackery.

As to the medical writings of Blessed Hildegard von Binge, she made major contributions to the folk medicine of her time. For example, she was the first, I think, to propose boiling of water as a prevention against illness.

But, as visionary and insightful as she was about folk medicine, herbs, and plants she was a product of her time.

I have not read her medical writings, but if Blessed Hildegard proposed bloodletting by the full moon, she was wrong, though perhaps consistent with her era.

Because she was a remarkable woman with many "firsts" including such things as the first to clinically describe a woman's orgasm, her medical insights, folk healing, and the like, many people in the New Age and feminism have cling to her as a model (with usually distorted interpretations of her writings to suit their particular agenda).

Bottomline: bloodletting by the full moon with rocks is quackery. Do not walk but RUN away from this quack doctor if that is what she is proposing. I would do more than that, actually. If this person is actually a licensed doctor, I would report her to the State Licensure board. This is serious abuse of her medical license in my opinion.

Keep your blood in your veins, enjoy the full moon as a beautiful creation of God and nothing more, and keep the rocks on the ground. :)

God Bless,
Bro. Ignatius Mary

For information on how to receive help see our Help page. We suggest that before contacting us directly for help you try the Seven Steps to Self-Deliverance. These self-help steps will often resolve the problem. Also our Spiritual Warfare Prayer Catalog contains many prayers that may be helpful. If needed you can ask for a Personal Consultation.