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?

In recent years, there has been a growing inclination towards using

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treatment as a substitute for conventional

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emerging practice is beneficial, I contend that people have to stay alert

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the latent drawbacks it could pose. On the one hand, it is understandable why

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receive a social endorsement.

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, worries regarding the side effects of traditional

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are ever-existent. Specifically, the excessive reliance on prescription drugs presumably deteriorates users' immune systems when they are taken over a long time period, and in the worst-case scenario, interrupts hormone regulation or leads to permanent brain damage.

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, to some extent, justifies people remaining dismissive of conventional medication.

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there is an enormous question mark hanging over the potential of alternatives

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a lack of scientific proof, anecdotal evidence does suggest their efficacy. Natural treatments work particularly effectively for chronic illnesses. To illustrate, people in Asian countries, who suffer from long-term back pain tend to gravitate towards natural cures,

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as acupuncture, hemopathy, and herbal

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of mainstream drugs currently available on the market which

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often regarded as temporary solutions.

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, the condemnation of the medical community towards

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treatment is not always invalid.

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, non-conventional

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would not be useful for acute medical conditions since they take time to work.

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, given patients with severe accidental injuries or those urgently necessitating tumour removal, opting for herbal

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is no less synonymous with exacerbating the conditions.

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, a majority of substitute therapies are performed by unregistered practitioners without previous proper training, who are not even permitted by any regulatory board.

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is combined with the fact that complementary

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tend to be unregulated and do not supply adequate information on the ingredients.

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, there is no guarantee over the healing effects of these therapies, let alone several circumstances where patients are allergic to the

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a lack of knowledge about the compositions. In conclusion,

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there is no denying that

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remedies are efficacious for certain illnesses, I am firmly convinced that

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medical treatments should be taken into serious consideration to avoid fraudulence and advisably used to support and complement conventional medication.