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…

  • Lvxferre
    81·
    3 days ago

    I only use herbal medicine if I know that what I have is not serious, it’s something that would go away on itself, and I just want to relieve the symptoms.

    examples
    Symptom Herb Why I probably got this way
    Upset stomach peppermint greasy food
    Intestinal cramps star anise, turmeric either beans or peanuts
    Migraine ginger biological clock went nuts again
    Hangover yerba mate see that half-empty bottle of vodka?
    Common cold ginger, lemon leaves, honey Every single spring I get a cold.

    I do it because I prefer milder approaches for mild issues, but the efficacy of this sort of herbal med is fairly limited.

    • Valmond@lemmy.world
      4·
      3 days ago

      Isn’t that just basic knowledge of your own body? Like if I eat beans I’ll have a gaseous stool etc.

      I mean don’t we all drink some tea when the throat is sore? Avoid coffee if we have stomach problems and so on?

      I sure do take medication when I’m sick, but I also try to alleviate the suffering with ordinary things (“natural” if you want), like chocolate when I have the flu because it’s depressing or rice when I have a diarrhea.

      I feel OP are fishing for something else though like “modern medicine bad/big pharma bad” or am I wrong here?

      • Lvxferre
        2·
        3 days ago

        Isn’t that just basic knowledge of your own body? Like if I eat beans I’ll have a gaseous stool etc.

        It is. And even chimps do it to a certain degree.

      • occultist8128@infosec.pubOPEnglish
        2·
        3 days ago

        I feel OP are fishing for something else though like “modern medicine bad/big pharma bad”

        no, not really tbh. i also take their meds when it gets to serious issues.