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Natural Medicine 12 Alternative What does the WHO say?

Natural Medicine 12 Alternative What does the WHO say?

Natural medicine lately gain new adhere.

But what is the truth about these alternative therapies?, What does the World Health Organization (WHO) say about it?, Are they truly effective?, Or are they rather dangerous?

In Spain, for example, every day there are more people resort to these natural therapies, while rejection also grows, in some cases for fear and others due to ignorance.

In some countries, such as Cuba, natural medicine has the endorsement of the Ministry of Health, but can natural therapies really save lives? Certainly, it is a controversial issue.

Natural medicine and WHO

Among the natural therapies that the most requests are acupuncture, yoga, podal reflex therapy, chiromassage, tachí and homeopathy.

However, Traditional medicine covers a broad spectrum of options that vary depending on the region. In some places, for example, it is called natural medicine, while in others it is preferred to catalog as "complementary medicine".

Be that as it may, this type of medicine has had use since time immemorial and, it could be said that, at some point they had effective. Of course, Science advances have achieved unmatched results, such as creating vaccines, introducing alcohol in medical practice and prolonging life, among others.

Despite all these scientific advances, natural medicine continues to be used by many people around the world, even in developed countries.

But what is WHO's opinion, given this fact? The World Health Organization, cites the neurobiologist professor, Karl Wah-Keung Tsim, for whom Chinese traditional medicine has an incredible pharmacological wealth.

According to this specialist, There are more than 100.000 formulas whose age exceeds two thousand years, And these are medicines that can be applied in different diseases, ranging from insomnia to depression and osteoporosis.

The World Health Organization also comments on an article on new medicines from ancient texts, which, at present, compounds are prescribed that they offer only a combination of millenary herbs and that in China these circulate in a 40% of the pharmaceutical market, with sales that exceed 21.000 million dollars. These figures are an indication that could yield the reliability of natural medicine.

In this same order of ideas, the dr. Ángel Alan Jiménez, in his text about traditional medicine, affirms that it is defined as a sum of knowledge, practices and skills based on beliefs, theories and experiences of different cultures, as a prevention and treatment in itself.

This leads to considering Traditional medicine as a collection of practices and information whose purpose is to obtain well -being.

Or or not to resort to traditional medicine?

OUR OR NOT ALTERNATIVE THEOPES It is a very personal decision. Many people trust more in the advances of science, than in all that whose root does not seem scientific.

Among alternative therapies, you can find the following:

  1. Acupuncture;
  2. Use of magnets, or magnetotherapy;
  3. Reiki;
  4. Therapeutic touch;
  5. Chiropraxia;
  6. Reflexology;
  7. Massages;
  8. Hypnosis;
  9. Suction cups;
  10. Botanical medicine;
  11. Therapeutic diets;
  12. Moxibustion, among others.

It is worth noting that, some of the practices that belong to natural alternatives imply certain risks and instead, it is safer to go with the specialist doctor.

There are many benefits that natural or complementary medicine can offer, but it is also true that medicine based on scientific checks every year saves a greater number of lives.

And you, have you tried any of these natural medicine options?, which?, How was your experience?

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