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?

There are

people

in certain regions

prefer

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herbal therapy rather than getting

treatments

from medical experts these days. I think

this

is a negative development since they are not sufficiently backed by scientific basis and not professionally supervised by certified professionals in medics. One major drawback of choosing alternative

treatments

instead

of visiting paramedics is the lack of support

by

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scientists' academic research. In fact, it is necessary to treat patients based on medical research in order to provide the correct medicines to cure illnesses. A good example of

this

is a cupping method to cure headaches in Indonesia.

Although

there are no scientific approvals regarding

this

traditional cupping method,

the

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Indonesians who live in isolated areas

tended

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to believe the effectiveness of cupping

treatments

to cure headaches

due to

being told

from

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by

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the

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their

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ancestors.

Therefore

, there

are

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no guarantee that those kinds of alternative

treatments

could detect the root cause of their disease.

Furthermore

, traditional medicines are not performed by a certified professional,

nor

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or

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a

highly-skilled

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practitioner.

This

is because some of the therapists are mainly the elders or the prominent

people

chosen by the communities. To illustrate, in secluded villages, local

leaderships

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are those who

trusted

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are trusted

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by societies

in curing

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to cure

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sickness.

This

believe

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,

however

, is simply based on years of experience that the local leaders have, without considering whether one had obtained an actual qualification related to health.

As a result

, since the procedures are done by non-professionals, there might be no significant improvements regarding their patients' condition. In conclusion, a rising population of

people

choosing traditional therapies nowadays, in exchange

of

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for

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scientific medical

treatments

, tend to be

the

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signs

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of negative developments.

This

indicates that

,

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there is an escalating number of

people

who do not recognize the importance of scientific research in terms of medical

treatments

, nor the presence of professional paramedics in terms of addressing health issues.