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?

Recently, an increasing number of people who suffer from diseases are looking for alternative medication

instead

of checking up with doctors. I firmly believe that

this

is generally a negative development, as herbal

medicines

are mostly unregulated, that they could endanger the patients and cause additional health risks. One serious problem that may arise from having traditional

medicines

and

treatments

is that they mainly do not have regulated consumption procedures.

This

kind of medicine could be relatively cheaper but if the patients are not aware and uneducated about the consumption limit, they might consume it relentlessly and get overdosed, which can lead to worse effects, even death.

For instance

, my neighbour was having a problem with her liver and was constantly taking herbal medication without proper procedure.

As a result

, she experienced a bad side effect that worsened her liver condition based on a medical checkup at a clinic. Another issue is that taking herbal drugs and

treatments

might cause more health problems to emerge. Since many of these

medicines

are not only unregulated but

also

yet to be scientifically proven, combining the consumption of traditional drugs and the ones with doctor prescriptions might involuntarily damage another part of the body.

For example

, my late grandfather was diagnosed with heart disease, and he opted for alternative

treatments

instead

of going to doctors. Later, he found out that he had another problem with his liver. To wrap things up,

although

alternative

medicines

and

treatments

are relatively cheap and might cure illnesses that people suffer from, their usage in the modern day is seen as a negative trend as it may lead to worsening conditions of the patient and additional health risks.