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Dear forum members! I would like to hear your opinion on this. What do you think is better: traditional medicine or pharmaceuticals? Personally, I am in favor of traditional medicine. From pharmaceutical products, I only choose vitamins (because I don't like vegetables). But if it's a serious illness, then, of course, pharmaceuticals are better, but there are many side effects. Therefore, it is necessary to "combine" grandmother's herbs and medicines.

I share the same opinion. Traditional medicine methods are weaker than conventional drugs (not always), but they don't harm the body as much, while conventional drugs often have various side effects (addiction, etc.). In my family, they are used only for quite serious illnesses when there are no alternatives with traditional medicine.

It’s better if people don’t get SICK!!! But otherwise, I completely agree with Agilist.

It's better if people don't get SICK!!! But I completely agree with Agilist.

Yes... That's true. But there are situations when you get sick, and then... I had one such case. I got lichen. Dermatologists sent me to other doctors and prescribed some nonsense. Nothing helped. But in the newspaper, my father found an advertisement for a grandmother who was a healer. We went there, and she prescribed herbs to drink and apply topically. After a week, there was no trace of it left.

Yes, it is indeed necessary to combine traditional remedies with modern medicine...

yes, it's a real flood... the best folk remedy is homeopathy - smear the wall with poison and *bam*, they'll run away and bang their heads!

the best folk remedy is homeopathy - smear the wall with poison and then bang your head against it!

It's better to take grandpa's moonshine, and then the effect will be... :)

Homeopathy is great, of course, but we shouldn't underestimate the importance of other things either!

I'm not sure how to answer. There are cases when medication is essential, and there are times when medicine is powerless, but a 90-year-old grandmother might know the remedy.

Yes... That's true. But there are situations when you get sick, and then... I had one case. I got lichen. Dermatologists sent me to other doctors and prescribed some nonsense. Nothing helped. But my father found an advertisement for a grandmother who was a folk healer in the newspaper. We went there, and she prescribed herbs to drink and apply topically. After a week, there was no trace of it.

That's an interesting example, of course. But take, for example, pneumonia (simply put, inflammation of the lungs), or bronchitis... These diseases are not so rare, especially in young children. And no herbs will help here; antibiotics are needed. Otherwise, the inflammatory process in the lungs cannot be stopped, and I would like to note that there are still cases of pneumonia with a fatal outcome. You can't treat it "slowly" here; time is of the essence.
On the other hand, I don't understand people who treat every sniffle with pills. All these chemical concoctions like Coldrex are unnecessary; they can be successfully replaced with warm milk with honey or a mustard plaster.:cool:
By the way, regarding grandmothers who are folk healers: lichen is visible to the naked eye, but many diseases require tests or special examinations for their diagnosis: X-rays, ultrasound, electroencephalograms, tomography, etc. You have to agree that it is impossible to detect a hormonal imbalance by simply looking intently into someone's eyes...:smile48:

Oh, I don't know... Of course, I don't believe in alternative medicine, but the facts speak for themselves... it helps some people... who knows why, some are cured by the "placebo effect" - if there are doctors or those who know what it is on the site, they will understand me...
But in general, I think pharmaceuticals are better... because I trust them.

However, antibiotics have a downside: sometimes the body gets used to them and stops responding to them. It is better to focus on prevention, and when you feel weak or have a slight fever, you should rest in bed and take teas, onions, garlic, honey, warm milk, etc.

Also, antibiotics kill beneficial bacteria. My dad spent six months restoring his gut flora after being treated for some illness with antibiotics.

Antibiotics also kill beneficial bacteria. My dad spent six months restoring his stomach flora after being treated for some illness with antibiotics.

Of course, they do. That's why a competent doctor
a) will never prescribe antibiotics without necessity;
b) will prescribe a drug to restore the flora of the stomach and intestines in conjunction with antibiotics.
Instead of antibiotics, antimicrobial drugs can be prescribed, but many doctors follow this path: let's use "heavy artillery," and then let the patient deal with the problems... But this is not a problem of medicines and chemistry, but of our poorly paid doctors, who don't care.
You can dislike medicines, but you can't ignore the facts: modern medicine has found ways to cure many diseases that were considered fatal in the last century. For example, most of them are saved by the much-disliked vaccinations. And no matter how you look at it, you can't make a measles or flu vaccine with folk remedies.

Yes, that's true. However, there are cases where traditional medicine is better. And are you a doctor?