Almost every day, we watch on television that such and such a plant cures cancer, or that another plant is good for heart disease. From time to time, we read in the newspapers the stories of people who survived their fatal illnesses thanks to love and a positive outlook on life. Many of us have heard of people who say that they treat patients by transferring positive energy. Sometimes, such news is so exaggerated and presented in huge headlines for the sake of ratings and circulation that people think that there is a cure for cancer with a miraculous medicine, and sometimes they turn to the wrong treatments. Nowadays, the fact that there is not always an ideal treatment for all diseases makes people easily believe such news, which leads to people exploiting patients.
People's search for alternatives to medical treatments is not new. It goes back thousands of years. In times when there were no professionally trained doctors, the religious leaders of the community also took on the responsibility of treatment. Especially in India and the Far East, the close relationship between physical health and mental state has formed the basis of the understanding of medicine. Even in Europe, religious leaders were the main elements of treatment until the 1600s. After Descartes' understanding that the soul is the subject of philosophy and religion and the body is the subject of science, the distinction between traditional and scientific medicine began to become clear. Tremendous advances in science and technology have led to major advances in medicine and increased human lifespan. However, naturally, despite all these developments, the desired point could not be reached in every field. Modern life could not fully ensure human happiness. This situation has led people to turn to new pursuits and to want to benefit from traditional approaches that have lasted throughout the ages.
Nowadays, with the proliferation of communication tools, especially the emergence of the internet, information in different parts of the world has begun to be accessed rapidly. This has caused the spread of treatment approaches that are different from the routine practices of contemporary medicine.
Today, alternative and complementary medicine are used to describe approaches that Western medicine generally does not use or study, and that can be applied as an alternative or additional to classical treatment. In this, China and e Various relaxation exercises common in India, yoga and meditation, diet, nutrition and life changes, herbal treatment, manual healing techniques, pharmacological, biological and bioelectromagnetic treatment can be listed.
In recent years, alternative and complementary medicine has been introduced to America. Interest has increased in the United States and Western Europe, and relevant departments have begun to be established. This does not mean that the importance of modern medicine has diminished. On the contrary, it means that traditional treatment methods that have been used for centuries are being tested with scientific methods. This is the greatest assurance that beneficial treatment methods are free from misinformation.
One of the areas in medicine where new treatment methods are most needed is oncology, that is, the science of cancer. Modern medicine has made significant progress in this field and continues to develop with new drugs being added every day. However, since the current situation is far from what is desired, many alternative approaches and herbal treatments are being tried haphazardly in this field. However, the tools that will show whether alternative approaches are effective in cancer must be the methods used by science and modern medicine. When alternative forms of treatment, which are said to be effective in treatment, are proven scientifically, there is no reason not to use them. As long as their usefulness is proven in real scientific research, as is the case with other drugs. Do not disguise yourself as scientific with false statements. Then, in a sense, this treatment will cease to be an alternative and become an element of modern medicine.
At least one quarter of the drugs used in contemporary medicine are obtained from plants. In parallel, many drugs in today's cancer treatment are of plant origin. However, these plants did not easily become medicine as expected. They were able to enter the treatment through years of research and comparative studies. Therefore, today's medicine does not use plants that have not been shown to be beneficial in comparative studies. Those that are shown to be beneficial also become medicines.
It is necessary to know that the natural use of plants, vegetables and fruits is more effective in preventing cancer than in treating it. Approximately one-third of cancer deaths are due to tobacco Thirty-five of them are due to malnutrition. Since cancer formation is a process that occurs as a result of the overlapping of environmental factors, it is possible to reduce the risk of cancer with a healthy lifestyle and nutrition, starting from birth and throughout life. The most practical way to do this is not to smoke, reduce the amount of alcohol if consumed, avoid animal proteins and fats, exercise, not gain weight, focus on vegetables and fruits in the diet, and consume different vegetables and fruits instead of one type of food.
There is no definitive data that natural herbs and vitamins used after cancer has occurred treat cancer. In this case, what needs to be done is to apply standard treatment and, if necessary, to include complementary treatment under the control of a doctor.
In our age, information pollution causes cancer patients to turn to wrong treatments. For this reason, there are many patients who abandon standard treatment. These people use plants that they think are harmless due to their natural nature. However, everything natural does not mean harmless. Nature contains the most useful substances and is also the source of the most harmful ones. The simplest example of this is cigarettes and morphine.
The role of stress in cancer should not be exaggerated. Although there is some information that intensely distressing events can suppress the immune system, its effect on the development of cancer is not clear. Thinking positively and living a happy life for a person with cancer will lead to an increase in the quality of life, as it does for other people, but it will not make the cancer disappear by a miracle.
If there is an unknown somewhere, there are many 'knowers' there. This is the case in science as well as in daily life. How many hypotheses are put forward for uncertain information. Just like conspiracy theories produced for social events that have not been clarified. This is also the case in medicine. Especially where the unknown meets the search for hope, rumors never stop and alternatives never cease. Only very few of these are true. This may seem disappointing. However, if we want to be successful, we must first boldly reveal the facts. It is necessary to know that you cannot get anywhere by living in the virtual world. It is the modern understanding of medicine that reveals the facts. �r. If alternative medicine will find a place for itself today, it will be through the filter of modern medicine. For this reason, opening alternative medicine departments at universities in the West is the greatest assurance for patients and one of the most accurate and beneficial approaches for humanity.
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