I didn’t want to make this video…

Guys, I didn't want to make this video. I'm tired. You know, the more I see patients in my private practice, I had promised myself that I would try to be an aware, inclusive person in the medical field that saw all the merit of conventional medicine, but tried to incorporate traditional Chinese medicine as much as possible. Today, I have to be honest, I'm going on a rant because I've been experiencing a lot of bad medicine, seeing a lot of careless, a lot of excessive intervention, and really a lot of just bad medicine being practiced, and my patients are being harmed by it. So, I thought in this video I'd take a little bit of time to go on a little bit of a freestyle rant here today about some realizations about the current state of medicine and what I think for you as the person who needs the help, what you should be very careful of. Hey guys, Dr. Alex Hin, board licensed doctor of acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine and author of the health book master of the day. So, let's jump in. You know, initially I had promised myself in the field of medicine that I would try to be a balanced point of view. I would try to see all of the merit of conventional medicine, the merits of medications, the merits of procedures and surgeries, the merits of excessive screening. But I have to be honest because my allegiance is to you, the person who needs help, because I've been sick. The more I practice medicine and see patients and fix problems, the more conventional doctors I talk to, the less I respect conventional medicine. I learned very quickly that American healthcare isn't really strongly interested in fixing people. Your doctor may be, but what they're trained in terms of the status quo kind of healthcare, it is not designed to fix your problem at all with almost no exceptions. Yes, taking antibiotics for a urinary tract infection is good. Yes, getting surgery for a tumor is good. Yes, maybe temporarily taking an anti-depressant to get through a tough phase of life is good. The more and more as I dedicate my life to fixing people and healing, not just giving a pill for every ill, the more I see that people just become sicker the longer they're on medication. And in the short run, it gives the illusion of wellness and the illusion of getting better, but 20 years later, people still have the same acid reflux, the same depression, they have the same gynecological problems, they have the same migraines. You can go to dralexhine.com/ressults where we have dozens of patient interviews on camera who had seen every doctor and they don't have those symptoms anymore. When I have something that can fix a person's problems [music] and that is not what I'm seeing in the healthcare space, it is very difficult for me to speak highly about conventional medicine. And I say that only because I want you to get the help. Now, my second thought here is a more brutal truth about people and human nature. You know, most people really aren't ready to heal. You know, I have patients come in and they'll say, I'm like, "Oh, are you how's your sleep?" "Oh, it's good, good, good." You know, uh, I take Trazadone, so I'm sleeping okay. And I said, "So, I thought you weren't on medication." "Oh, yeah, the Trazadone helps." "Uh, what about your mood?" "Yeah, I'm good." "Don't really have anxiety. My Lexapro helps with that, but I thought you said you're good." "Oh, yeah, with with Lexapro, it's okay." Sometimes what I see is that most people don't actually want to heal. And some people, it is because they just trust their doctor's advice. But many people, they're not ready to make the kind of sacrifices in terms of changing who they are as a person or changing their life to see a permanent resolution of their symptoms. Just like most people in a toxic relationship won't leave until the pain is awful, most people won't change their health routines until they're seriously ill, life-threatening ill. Most of us don't change till the pain is bad enough that we're forced to change. Now, thought number three. Most of us are so unconscious and lack so much self-awareness that we think that IBS symptoms are normal. Or you know what? It's normal to have acid reflux. [music] It's normal cuz all my family members take Lexapro for their anxiety. I'm just genetically anxious and I just need the medication. It's just normal. If everyone around you is overweight, you start to think it's normal. If everyone around you has problems sleeping [music] and your mom says, "Stop complaining about it. I sleep 5 hours a night." You start to think it's normal. If everyone around you is ill, you start to think that illness is the status quo. It is not normal. Self-awareness is one of the hardest skills to develop and it is the thing that will help you the most in terms of your longevity and your healing journey. And the best person to see is actually your significant other because they see you on a day-to-day basis, the good, the bad, and the ugly. Now, self-awareness is key for living a long and healthy life. And in my opinion, longevity is not about biohacking. It's about understanding balance. But if you can't balance yourself because your gut is inflamed, your digestion's off, or food makes you feel worse instead of better, you need to get to the root cause of it. So, if you're dealing with bloating or food sensitivities or gut issues that are dragging you down, I actually just put together a brand new free guide that walks you through how I fix bloating and food allergies with traditional [music] Chinese medicine. Simple and practical guide. It's a great way to start living like you actually want to live to 100. It's [music] the first link right below this video. I'd highly recommend checking it out. And now, let's get into my final thought here. People trust authority way too much and don't think, you know, I see this quite a lot, especially for people who are really sick. There's a certain percentage of the demographic of the pop of of the US that just trust authority. And that's normal. It's on some level normal to trust your doctor, but it becomes abnormal when you've gone to a doctor three, four times and that [music] voice says, "I do not believe this to be true. I know I don't have medical training, but there's got to be something else." When you ignore that voice, you're in a very vulnerable position. symptoms are dismissed or explained away. It's just fatigue. It's just anxiety. It's just headaches. But one thing I've seen is my patients who do the best long term, they question everything. They may value a doctor's advice, whoever it [music] is, but if it doesn't accord with their own gut instincts, those are the people who often will figure out that there is something going on and they live long lives and they fix the problems. So sometimes getting over this implicit arr where you take agency over your own life and your own healing. So just my [music] rants here guys uh today some thoughts about the status of health care and medicine. I don't say these to rag on medical professionals. I say these to help you as the person or the patient who needs help. Stand up for what you believe. Trust your instincts [music] and always get a second or third opinion. Now if you've made it this far into this video, it probably means this message resonates with you on a deeper level. Maybe you've tried the supplements, the stress hacks, the lifestyle changes, and something is still missing. That's where personalized care comes in. In my private practice in Los Angeles or virtually via tele medicine, I work one-on-one with people who are done guessing. People who are ready to get to the root cause of their digestive problems, anxiety, insomnia, burnout, or fatigue. This isn't a generic protocol. It's custom classical East Asian medicine designed for your body. If you want to work with me, just go to dr. alexind.com/cl clinic or read the bio and there's another great related video for you right here.