The media and medical establishment climate we live in defies belief! According to research widely reported in the UK, more than 10,000 people in the UK, die every year from adverse reactions to drugs such as aspirin and non-steroidal anti-inflammatories. Also, going into hospital puts patients at significant risk of adverse reactions to drugs administered, not to mention the potentially fatal risk of contracting a dreaded MRSA infection from the hospital ward.

I sense that as practitioners and/or consumers of complementary medicine, we currently find ourselves in strained circumstances, sometimes with conflicting allegiances. This, I feel, is somewhat of a reflection, in part, of the rather sombre and foreboding canvas of events unfolding internationally, which is sorely testing our sense of control in our lives.