Alternative forms of medicine have been around for 1000s of years. Ancient practices to some might seem ineffective and dangerous, especially with a recent revival of non-regulated medicine. To that extent I agree some forms might be useless or unsafe, but disagree that all kinds of alternative medicine are useless.
Some forms of alternative treatments are complementary to allopathy/modern medicine. People suffering from long term digestive issues, insomnia, arthritis and chronic back pain have benefitted from complementary medicine practices like Chiropractor and Acupressure. For example, people with insomnia are given heavy doses of medicine which have long term side effects affecting vital organs of the body. While if acupressure is practiced for sleeping, the benefits are there without any side effects. I had numbness in my face and hand, seen numerous specialist for over 6 years, nothing helped except being medicated. I started seeing a chiropractor and he was able to diagnose and change my life, free from pain without taking any medication. The benefits of finding alternative forms medicine can be fruitful and beneficial.
A lot of herbal medication is sold unregulated and can be risky to take without consulting with a doctor. They promise quick fixes and cures with promise of better hair, skin & magic weight loss, most are harmless, but a lot can be dangerous, especially if they are offering cures for the tumours and cancers it’s just snake oil and stopping allopathic medical advice for these remedies is not advised.
To summarize, falling prey to recent trends of alternative medicine can be dangerous if not taken cautiously. Some forms are very effective and beneficial if practiced in conjunction with modern medicine and improve your quality of life.
Alternative
forms
of
medicine
have been around for 1000s of years. Ancient practices to
some
might seem ineffective and
dangerous
,
especially
with a recent revival of non-regulated
medicine
. To that extent I
agree
some
forms
might be useless or unsafe,
but
disagree that all kinds of
alternative
medicine
are useless.
Some
forms
of
alternative
treatments are complementary to
allopathy
/modern
medicine
.
People
suffering from long term digestive issues, insomnia, arthritis and chronic back pain have
benefitted
from complementary
medicine
practices like Chiropractor and Acupressure.
For example
,
people
with insomnia are
given
heavy doses of
medicine
which have long term side effects affecting vital organs of the body. While if acupressure
is practiced
for sleeping, the benefits are there without any side effects. I had numbness in my face and hand,
seen
numerous specialist for over 6 years, nothing
helped
except
being medicated
. I
started
seeing a
chiropractor and
he was able to diagnose and
change
my life, free from pain without taking any medication. The benefits of finding
alternative
forms
medicine
can be fruitful and beneficial.
A lot of
herbal medication
is sold
unregulated and can be risky to take without consulting with a doctor. They promise quick
fixes
and cures with promise of better hair, skin & magic weight loss, most are harmless,
but
a lot can be
dangerous
,
especially
if they are offering cures for the
tumours
and cancers it’s
just
snake oil and stopping allopathic medical advice for these remedies is not advised.
To summarize
, falling prey to recent trends of
alternative
medicine
can be
dangerous
if not taken
cautiously
.
Some
forms
are
very
effective and beneficial if practiced in conjunction with modern
medicine
and
improve
your quality of life.