by Eunice J Minford MBChB MA FRCS Ed, Consultant Surgeon, N Ireland I used to think that complementary medicine and alternative medicine were the same thing. I have come across others who speak of them as one and the same thing as well. The words are used interchangeably by many, and both often get tied … Continue reading Esoteric Medicine: is it complementary or alternative medicine and what’s the difference? →

by Eunice J Minford MA FRCS Ed, Consultant Surgeon, N Ireland A simple observation highlights to me the importance of the difference between what we feel and what we think, particularly when it comes to health. The world we live in gives precedence to the intelligence of the mind and/or the brain without taking full … Continue reading How are you Feeling? →

by Eunice J Minford MA FRCS Ed Consultant Surgeon, Antrim, N. Ireland It is quite common to consider illness and disease as something ‘bad’ that has happened, that something is ‘wrong’ or has ‘gone wrong’, that something has been imposed upon us that needs to be eradicated, removed or eliminated. Whilst there may well be … Continue reading Illness and Disease are Healing →

by Eunice J Minford MA FRCS Ed. Consultant General Surgeon Most people know what Western Medicine entails with surgery, pharmacology, medicine, chemotherapy, radiology and the many sub-specialities that are available to assist with the management and treatment of illness and disease but probably few know what Esoteric Medicine is really about. This blog will introduce … Continue reading What is Esoteric Medicine? →