AIDS Therapies (Alternative)

HIV Community Pushes for Holistic Treatments Acceptance

Published in AIDS Weekly, October 28th, 1996

As a boy was growing up in the Virgin Islands, he used a plant called the "Love Bush" to cure ear aches. Today, the man uses tree sap to stay alive.

The 44-year-old man tested positive for HIV eight years ago. Doctors told him he would be dead within two years. But he said a mixture of science, spirituality, and nature has allowed him to get on with his life and to prove those doctors wrong.

He starts his day at 5 a.m. with morning meditations. He eats a healthy breakfast, exercises, and takes a mouthful of pills and herbs. Sometimes his routine is punctuated by acupuncture and reiki, an ancient practice of energy manipulation. But the regimen...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (1996-10-28)

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