Nowadays, a growing number ofpeople 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?

The Advancement of
medicine
has been a really important element in humankind. Health problems always have been an issue since the dawn of time. It could temporarily cripple our
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ability
to carry out everyday tasks and it can even be fatal and kill us. Our knowledge of our own
body
and biology has grown over the century
thus
, making the
understandment
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understanding
of
medicine
to help our
body
fight those health problems better. There has always been a debate about which is better,
Alternative
medicine
or modern
medicine
. In
this
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we will discuss
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the
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both
of them. Modern
medicine
is the scientific understanding of how
medicine
and our
body
work
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against
all
sort
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of malicious things that could hurt our
body
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bodies
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, like viruses and bacteria. It is an achievement that humans should be proud of because
,
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modern
medicine
like going to a real
doctor
has saved countless
of
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lives over the span of
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development. The cure is based on science and
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proven
facts, and
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what makes modern
medicine
so reliable. We can have
over the counter
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drugs like Paracetamol to cure our headaches,
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types of vaccines to prevent us from getting a specific type of dangerous disease,and it has been very useful for our society.
Although
modern
medicine
is scientifically more beneficial, it is generally
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the more expensive side of
medicine
and it can have several side effects on the
body
.
Alternative
Medicine
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the other hand, is not so scientific. It is not based on biology ,
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and it lacks real data.
Instead
,
alternative
medicine
relies on
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tradition that has been carried and passed for generations. It believes in the idea
of
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using spices, herbs, and sometimes even odd techniques can help heal our
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wounds
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or health issues and even steer away diseases.The
chinese
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are known for their famous
chinese
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alternative
medicine
, it utilizes various
of
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chinese
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herbs and spices to create potions that are claimed to have healing effects, and weird techniques like 'kerokan' which is
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essentially
using a coin to rub your back repeatedly until its red to heal the
body
from catching
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.
Alternative
medicine
are
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generally
more
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cheaper and
it
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sounds more promising for certain people. In my opinion, the growing number of ill people
that
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are trying
alternative
medicine
and treatments
instead
of going to their usual
doctor
is a negative development.
While
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alternative
medicine
might be cheaper and sound more beneficial,
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think that
alternative
medicine
is more like a placebo effect.I understand that modern
medicine
might not work for certain people, but it is still certainly better than believing in hocus pocus
medicine
,
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lacks scientific studies and can not even be proven the benefits of it.
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believing
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in
alternative
medicine
might not be beneficial for their
body
at all, it might even do their
body
more harm than good by the delaying of getting real
medicine
. In conclusion,
although
both
of their goal is to heal illnesses,
both
modern
medicine
and
alternative
medicine
have their own pros and cons. Going to the
doctor
might be more reliable, fast and accurate, but it
also
comes with a hefty price and side effects.
Alternative
medicine
sounds more convincing and it
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cheaper than going to a real
doctor
, but it lacks proven facts that it actually works and can do more harm than good. They
both
have the same goal, though with different characteristics.
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Your introduction provides a general overview of the topic, which is good, but you need to ensure that your thesis statement clearly presents your position regarding whether it is a positive or negative development. Although you present arguments for both sides, you must make your stance clearer to address the task effectively.
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