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

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These days many people with health problems are trying
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medicines and treatments
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of visiting their usual doctor. In ancient times, people used
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medicine
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or folk
medicine
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, which is treating themselves with herbs, etc. In
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article, I will discuss the pros and cons. From my point of view, I see that the negatives in using traditional or folk
medicine
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are more than the positives،there are many reasons for
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,
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as No one knows how
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medicine
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affects a person or what the complications of
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medicine
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are.There are
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some cases in which herbs are used that have complications
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as allergies, which can cause death for some. It is
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possible for a non-specialized person to use herbs, which is dangerous.
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there are many disadvantages, for some the advantages are more important than the disadvantages, and the most important of these advantages is that
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medicines are usually cheaper and you do not have to go to pharmacies.
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up, the
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treatment will be forever because it has some advantages which many people think
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can outweigh the disadvantages but I do not think so.
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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
  • proper medical treatment
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