Nowadays, a growing number of people with health problems are trying alternative medicines and treatments instead of visiting the usual doctors. Do you think it is a positive or negative development?

At the present time, more and more people with health issues are willing to try alternative medicines and treatments

instead

of visiting their usual doctor. As far as I’m concerned,

this

tendency is rather a positive development than a negative development. There are several drawbacks of modern occidental

medicine

found by

patients

.

First

of all, even though many

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insurance for diseases, it still costs a lot to follow a long-term treatment, not to mention the spending on prescriptions. A Chinese movie called “I’m not the God of

medicine

”has revealed a real tragedy where cancer

patients

lived in poverty because of the unaffordable fee of

medicine

,

then

turned to knockoff

medicine

from India and eventually were stopped by the law and died.

Moreover

, other types of medicines and therapy among which Chinese traditional

medicine

is one of the best testimonies are proved to be efficacious

besides

the western

medicine

constantly used by doctors . Of course, it is undeniable that modern occidental

medicine

is the mainstream remedy which functions quickly and the choice of doctors is always magisterial, the side effects,

however

, arouse the concern of

patients

.

In addition

, since a positive attitude facilitates the recovery of illnesses, some of the

patients

would love to keep in a good mood throughout hospitalization by changing the scenery, so they seek alternative pharmaceuticals and treatment

instead

of visiting their usual hospitals and doctors. In conclusion, making different choices in medicines and operations doesn’t equal a negative development.