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 negative development?

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With the advance in research, many scientists discovered

alternative

treatments to help the patient. Patients avoid going to see a physician as they considered that

alternative

medicine

such

as herbal are cheaper and there are plenty of reviews on the internet. It will be discussed in

this

essay.

To begin

with,

alternative

treatments

such

as herbal

medicine

can become toxic as the amount of chemistry in it.

For example

, herbal

medicine

called Cordycepin is widely used in many countries

such

as Thailand, China and Korea and it is generally acknowledged that it could enhance blood circulation in the elder. Unfortunately, the researcher found that it consisted of some carcinogens which high possibly caused cancer.

Moreover

, many herbals were sold widely without approval from drug and food organizations. To sum up, people should avoid unknown herbal which

makes

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the health issues worsen.

On the other hand

, all the herbal is from nature, so they will not remain artificial chemistries in the human body. To be clarified, there are many people who are concerned about

medicine

which contained a lot of inorganic chemistry and would be collected in our bodies. If we keep consuming

medicine

every day, it will give a negative impact in some ways.

Accordingly

, herbal seems to be an

alternative

way to recover, and the price of herbal is affordable for all levels of income classes. All in all, herbal is more accessible to all kinds of people who

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concerned about the treatment fee and artificial

medicine

. In conclusion, it is undeniable that

alternative

medicine

is common in society because it is a reasonable price and natural.

However

, the doctor is the only person who could analyse what is the root causes of the health problem and provide the proper treatment. Without these, the condition will go to be worse.

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Topic Vocabulary:

alternative medicines
treatments
positive development
negative development
health problems
usual doctor
access
personalized approach
holistic well-being
lack of regulation
evidence-based research
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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 negative development?

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