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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 a negative development?

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this
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 century, the
human
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number of humans
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 who trying to
cure
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 themselves by
going to
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using
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 natural
medicines
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were
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was
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 increasing
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time
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from time
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 to
time
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. In my opinion, it
is means
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means
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 negative
of
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apply
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development for
country
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the country
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. First of all, the choices of alternative
medicines
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 make them back to
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last
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the last
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 century. It can look
how
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at how
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people
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 treat themselves for
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cure
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cures
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from
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for
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 illnesses using
herbs
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. It
because
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was because
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of
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apply
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there was
little
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a little
the little
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 amount of
medicine
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 and available
doctor
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 in their place. Now, the number of
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doctor
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doctors
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 and health
facility
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facilities
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 like
hospital
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hospitals
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 or
clinic
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clinics
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was
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is
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 spreading in
village
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villages
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 and big
city
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cities
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. The
medicine
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have
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has
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 many kinds for different kinds of
illness
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. That can be
choice
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a choice
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 by the
doctor
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.
Moreover
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, nowadays there are
kind
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kinds
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 of
doctor
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specialist
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specialists
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 that can
cure
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the
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apply
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illness
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illnesses
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 by their specialist of ill.
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the
time
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 of
cure
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 the body
take
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takes
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 a longer
time
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. The reason is,
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herbs
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that herbs
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 have
slow
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a slow
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 reaction in
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cure of
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curing
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illness
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. It means,
somebody
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that somebody
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 who need more care by their sick need more
time
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 despite the bacteria or viruses
spread
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spreading
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 in
body
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the body
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 and
became more sick
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becoming sicker
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.
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, the development of
medicine
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became
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has become
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 more patent and can cut
of
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off
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the
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apply
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viruses or bacteria
quickly
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more quickly
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 than
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herbs
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herbal
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medicines
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. On
other
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the other
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 hand,
this
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 can
also
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 have positive development because
people
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 have more knowledge to indicate the disadvantages of chemical
medicines
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. They do not want the
medicines
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destroy
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to destroy
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 the tissues of their body and
give
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cause
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 side effects for a long
time
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. It makes
people
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 try to search with their knowledge
to
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apply
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against the bacteria or
virus
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viruses
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 that spread by using
herbs
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. Because
,
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apply
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 there are many research
also
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 give advantages
by
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to
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 using
herb
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herbs
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. In conclusion,
herbs
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 became
worst
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the worst
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 to
cure
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illness
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 if
people
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 have heavy
sick
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sickness
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.
It
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This
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 is because
herbs
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not
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are not
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 too qualified and take a
long
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longer
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time
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 than chemical
medicine
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. The benefit of
herbs
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not
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is not
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 as much as chemical
medicine
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 that
given
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is given
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 by the
doctor
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.

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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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