Alternative medicine is better than Western medicine

Hello Pro, I see you have set up a debate for a interesting win. I recieved your headache well, I will now provide you with a migraine. Hope you enjoy it. Rebuttal The majority of people who use conventional medicine do so not because they find it more desirable, but because they feel obliged to. "People often don"t know what is good for them. People feel obliged because they know that it is good for them. Besides, for small things like headaches, colds, flu's, it's probably better to go to your nearest doctor, get an antibiotic and save yourself considering that alternative medicine isn't a quick fix, it's something you have to be patient with. Alternative medicine is considered more desirable because of their relative low cost compared to conventional medicine. "Not all alternative medicine costs a small amount "The accumulated cost of continued use of alternative medicines over a long period of time can become more than the cost of conventional medicine. A patient who really wants to live will have better chances of living than one that doesn"t. "Even if people have the will to live, if they don"t have the right treatment they won"t get better. Because alternative medicine takes so long to take effect, it would take quite a long time to be able to find out if your treatment was the correct one, whereas with conventional medicine it wouldn"t take so long. Negating Points: Alternative medicine takes too long. If you use alternative medicine, you have to have patience for it to work. Not all families have the flexibility of paying for costs over the long period of using alternative medicine (because it does take a while to heal). Alternative medicine carries with it some risk. Even though herbs have been used since ancient times, not all of them have been studied regarding whether or not they are safe or efficient to use. There are issues concerning the environment they grew in, as well as their interactions with other species that may cause them to be unpure. Many people assume that herbal medicines are better just because they are natural, but they are not risk free. Just because alternative medicines seem natural, doesn't mean there aren't any consequences. Users of natural medicines may abuse it the same way they do in the case of using synthetic drugs. People think that because medicine that isn't conventional consists of herbs, it mustn't do any harm if they triple the dosage or more. Little do they know, they are completely wrong. Take vitamins for example. They are just vitamins, right? How could they do any damage to our body? But they do. Vitamin overdosing can lead to unpleasant effects depending on the vitamin that has been taken too many times. Vitamin A over dosage can cause liver problems, osteoporosis, hair loss and other dangerous effects and leads to dehydration, vomiting, anorexia and even kidney stones. The same thing is true about herbal medicines, they may seem harmless but they really aren't if we abuse them, which is what we will do because we'd think that they are completely natural and good for our bodies. I would like to mention, that I also have absolutely no motivation to do this debate except that I need this for school, and if you don"t like the debate you didn"t have to accept it. Sources: http://ezinearticles.com...