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? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. Write at least 250 words.

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In the contemporary era, the majority of people are showing an upward tendency towards using home remedies without considering their doctors' advice.
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many argue that
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shift brings convenience to individuals, I vehemently consider it
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an
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negative development
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the reasons
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essay
further
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elaborates on. One major drawback of
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phenomenon is the side effects
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from
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medication. Being not sophistically educated in
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field, they don't know what treatment suits them best.
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, there is the threat of exacerbating the condition if given
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the wrong remedy, ultimately jeopardizing their
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health.
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, as their ailment worsens,
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experience frustration and a mental breakdown. Green tea,
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,
recieved
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received
considerable fame among households for calming chest
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.
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it relieved the
pain
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, users,
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intensified
pain
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and exhaustion, recorded a subsequent
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heart attack
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, they not only failed to address the
pain
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but
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brought about more mental and physical conditions.
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, the negative implications of
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notion
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beyond exacerbating the diseases and imparts disadvantages by generating new infirmities which wouldn't have thrived if not used the wrong medication. By targeting the wrong features of a condition, patients trigger other diseases related to that organ or others;
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, they'd do
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permanent
damage to their health. What's more, having to deal with more infirmities at a time, would worsen their mental well-being
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, contributing to a reduction in their quality of
lives
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. To illustrate, Iranian people, who'd
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vitamin D without asking their doctors, experienced severe gut ailments caused by the accumulated amount of
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vitamin
D years later. In conclusion,
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home remedies are seemingly more accessible, they bring about detrimental
reperecussions
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repercussions
worth considering. In fact, the
exaccerbated
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exacerbated
pain
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,
together with
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the generation of other infirmities jeopardize individuals' physical and mental health conditions, ultimately lowering their quality of
lives
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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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