nowadays, a growing number of people with health problems are trying alternative medicines and treatments instead of visiting their usual doctor. do you think this is a positive or a negative development?

When feeling sick, more people are unwilling to visit a hospital.

Instead

, they tend to use alternative medicines or do other

treatments

by themselves. In my opinion,

this

is more a worrying phenomenon than a positive one. A growing number of individuals believe that many folk prescriptions can help deal with their illnesses, but it is still

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whether these methods are real or evident. When they desire to get a healthier body by adjusting their diet, they will probably become stronger after eating many herbs or drinking much medical liquor.

However

, is

this

effect caused by these medicines or the comfort of their heart? No one can answer the question.

Besides

, if the food keeps accumulating inside, some poisons will be produced, which may lead to chronic diseases.

Consequently

, all of these are the risks of alternative

treatments

. Some may argue that these cures can save

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time so that they do not need to line

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the hospital, and

also

this

can relieve some doctors’ pressure.

Hence

, they are more likely to use other methods to heal themselves.

Nevertheless

, most of the time these

treatments

are useless or even result in other impacts on people’s health. As told by the news sometimes, individuals go for a massage, hoping

this

can cure their colds, but badly get hurt in their spines. The cost they pay for these injuries is far more than that paid for visiting doctors.

Thus

, they better go to the hospital to check and treat their sicknesses. In conclusion, because of the implicit effects and other risks brought by alternative medicines and

treatments

, I consider people doing that to be more a curse than a blessing.