For many years there has been an ongoing debate on whether or not is better than the traditional, more orthodox medicines of today. Personally, I feel we can benefit from both sides of the table and one can aid the other in helping to heal. However, Daniel Marshman, thought just the opposite. In this particular article, Alternative Medicine is a Con, the author Daniel Marshman’s feels that there is a lack of scientific research on alternative medicines and because of this it can do only harm to those who choose to use it. Daniel also feels that the lack of scientific research and proven success makes it a con. In his article, Daniel focus on how alternative medicines can be harmful to people because they are not monitored and regulated through licensing, hospitals or referrals.
Daniel Marshman says “Alternative medicine is harmful to people because practitioners of CAM use the placebo effect, where their patients feel better mentally but not physically.” Nowadays people have choices and have diverted to alternative medicines because they now if something goes wrong they can go and get treatment at the doctor’s office down the street. I definitely agree with Marshman’s point of alternative medicine having the ability of being harmful because it is not proven or tested, however not all alternative medicine is wacky and dubious. In reality we may find a cure for ailments working with both alternative and traditional medicines. Throughout the last few years, alternative medicine has drawn a ton of attention towards itself.
New ideas and new styles of this medicine are introduced into the media everyday. Despite all the attention to this new trend what do we actually know about it? Is it safe? What studies have been done? In a time when people are looking for a change and living life to the fullest these new methods of medicine seem to be just the answer we ” re looking for. Conventional medical practitioners say that this new style of medicine is bogus and is dangerous because there is no solid evidence it actually works. Although alternative medical doctors say this kind of medicine cures even better without using the pills, drugs, and shots that conventional medicine uses. Despite the argument between these two sides the best possible cure for ones self should be instead of choosing a specific method to help you use a combination of the two to help heal. This subject of alternative medicine relates to many people in today’s world.
The media, the government, and even parents and children have something to do with this vast new form of medicine. Alternative medicine continues to grow every year, which makes it a very important issue in our society, in fact 40% of American use some form of herbal or other alternative medicine in the world today (Jonas). This fact just shows how widely used this method is.