i’ve been thinking about how people approach health when they’re feeling unwell. some folks prefer to go to a doctor or use pharmaceutical medicine from the pharmacy, while others choose herbal remedies or alternative treatments. personally, i prefer using herbal remedies because i believe that all the ingredients in pharmaceutical medicines ultimately come from nature, and we can find those remedies ourselves in plants. what about you?
edit: cmon guys it’s not about the traditional vs modern treatment. just wanna know other’s opinion about this…
Even if that were correct, are you choosing the plants that have those same chemicals when you choose a remedy? If you are, why not use the normal medicine?
To be clear, yes some plants do have legitimate medicinal uses, but I really think you shouldn’t be handwaving health decisions like this.
Also good luck with dosing. Many medecines loses the benefits if you take too much, like asthma medecine for example. It’s like a bell curve. Others are outright dangerous if overdosed and so on. Stay safe out there!
yes, i’d research what my doctor told me to take and find the alternative. like example: if they told me to take paracetamol because a headache, i’d choose ginger instead and go to sleep after. as far as i know, paracetamol has side effects to make us sleepy and makes us wanna take a nap, which is the natural way to treat a headache. ginger also has this effect. i won’t take any medicine they gave me unless it’s a serious issue that can take my life like cancer or diabetes. my mom has diabetes, she was using medicine they gave her, not going any better. then she stopped, she changed her remedies to a herbal alternative. she started to drink clitoria or we call it “telang” in my country every single morning. went to check her health and went much much better. idk why tbh. not my personal experience but that’s what i’ve seen from my closest one.
well, because i can make it on my own, why not?
I’m glad you’re putting some thought into the remedies, at least.
I could tell you that regardless of your personal experience with your mom, statistically blah blah blah, normal medicine works the best. And it would be true, but I’m not going to bother you with it today. There are a million reasons why your mom’s situation could have worked out the way that it did, and I don’t know enough to speculate why it worked that way.
I mean, don’t you think it’s a little egotistical to think that your solution would be as effective as the one that’s based on the same principles but has been refined by at least dozens of trained professionals? You’re only doing this with stuff where effectiveness doesn’t matter too much, so maybe the mental benefits of making your own herbal remedies outweighs any physical downsides to doing so in your case, but the effectiveness gap would be a compelling reason why not to do it yourself. But like I said, if you’re aware that herbal solutions are less potent, you don’t actually need that potency, and you enjoy making the herbal stuff, there’s no harm in using it for common ailments.
tbousands of chemists over multi decades
Yup. Even the most crazy experimental treatments have gone through dozens. Common medicines are one of the most studied substances on the planet.
time effectiveness doesn’t matter for me, but if you’re talking about the effectiveness about the meds especially for little issues, for me, it’s the same. i just don’t like something instant, i do enjoy the process of everything that i do though. just asking for opinion here, all opinions are welcome 👌
Exactly; the process itself feels good. I hope you continue to enjoy it.
By declaring all opinions on a factual topic equally valid, you’re giving the same weight to reality as you do to misinformation. I do not welcome misinformation. This may seem close-minded, but having an open mind doesn’t mean accepting everything as equally true.
i’m not saying all opinions are valid, i’m a truth seeker myself i don’t want misinformation or spreading it. but people can say what they think, it’s just us who decides is that info is true or not. that’s why i call it as “opinion” not “argument”
Do you have extensive experience in chemistry? With a full chemlab in your basement so you can properly test your extracts?
extensive, no. but for basic knowledge about the prescription my doctor gave me, yes.
As long as it works for you, it’s your decision. I would caution you if you take that thinking into serious illness though. Our ancestors weren’t able to fight back cancers or serious infections, we have some serious survival bias there. When it comes to serious illness the only way we’ve been able to extend our lifespan and fight back serious illness is because of modern medicine.
Go too far down that path and you end up like Steve jobs who was convinced juice would cure his cancer