“I’d substitute ‘medicine’ for ‘gold’ “
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The only “medicine” that actually makes you healthy is whole, raw foods. The others just make you sicker, and more dependent.
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It’s been known for a while that some problems, like pneumonia, respond better to penicillin (a natural product) than to raw food.
And, the trade value of medicine over other things can’t be ignored. You might not use it yourself, but someone else might trade a brick of .22 ammo for nine amoxicillin pills.