Nowadays, a growing number of people with health problems are trying alternative medicine and treatments instead of visiting their usual doctor Do you think this is a positive or a negative development?

In recent years, a large number of patients who have sought help from hospitals are now trying different cure methods. From my perspective,

this

phenomenon might lead to some feedback that will be discussed in

this

essay. On the one hand, using alternative ways to treat illnesses might be helpful in a few cases.

Firstly

, making use of traditional medicines is effective for treating several common illnesses

such

as flu, headache or throat. These type s of methods not only ease the patients’ insecurity but

also

reduce medical expenses as ingredients are usually cheap and available at anyone’s home.

For instance

, Vietnamese often use garlic, ginger, salt and some other plants to cure the flu. It is a good method to alleviate the symptoms and make the patients recover faster without going to the hospital.

On the other hand

, there are multiple negative effects that these treatments might cause. First of all, trying unconventional methods can worsen the disease

instead

of easing it. In fact, many popular home remedies nowadays have no scientific evidence, they only support improving patients’ health but are not able to cure the illness completely.

Moreover

, some of them may create undesirable side effects when combined with alternative ways.

As a result

, many families sold all their belongings to afford treatment in the hope that the sick would recover.