Psalms 103:2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. 3 Who forgives all thine iniquities; who heals all thy diseases; 4 Who redeems thy life from destruction; who crowns thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies.
[Ministry Of Healing pp 126] Many of the popular nostrums called patent medicines, and even some of the drugs dispensed by physicians, act a part in laying the foundation of the liquor habit, the opium habit, the morphine habit…. What is a patent medicine, and what is a nostrum? Patent drugs are basically those sold over the counter, under patent, and which can be purchased without a prescription.
Nostrums are medicines for which there is no scientific proof of their efficacy. “Let physicians teach the people that restorative power is not in drugs, but in nature. Disease is an effort of nature to free the system from conditions that result from a violation of the laws of health. In the case of sickness, the cause should be ascertained. Unhealthful conditions should be changed, wrong habits corrected. Then nature is to be assisted in her effort to expel impurities and to re-establish right conditions in the system.
Covid is not the last pandemic, and it would be wise to couple together with scientific efforts, courses of action that would mitigate disease at the front end, rather than after the fact, as is too often the case. In other words, the hospital serves a good purpose but it would be better not to have to visit, wherever it can be avoided.
James 4:17 Therefore to him that knows to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!