Herbal treatment.. science or delusion?

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Various diseases afflict humans, some of which are chronic and others are simple that go away after a certain period of time with taking the necessary medications.

The more complex the disease, the more complex the substances involved in the medicine, which made some of those who took it complain of other diseases, other than the ones they contracted, as a result of taking chemically manufactured medicines, and these adverse effects prompted people to return again to herbal medicine.

But shops selling herbal mixtures and plants for various diseases have forgotten that their priorities are to heal the patient. They did not rely on scientific foundations to eliminate the disease, but rather relied on tricks and manipulation of mixtures to sell them and consider them the magic medicine for all diseases.

This does not mean that all of them depend on this, but there are clinics that rely on herbs for their treatment according to documented medical standards and foundations.

Maha Abdel-Rahman, an “employee” recalls her experience in herbal medicine as saying, “I was not convinced by the herbal remedy, and I considered it just a myth, but my female colleagues at work had previously tried the herbal remedy and advised me that it is the ideal treatment and an alternative to manufactured medicines.”

She adds, “I always had headaches, and I used a lot of pain-relieving medications, but they didn't work for me.

Therefore, I went to a store that sells herbs, and asked about the best treatment for my condition, and I was advised to take a tea designed for such cases, and thankfully I recovered from my headaches.

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Hind Sobeih, a “housewife,” disagrees with her opinion, saying, “It is not possible to treat herbs simply by buying and eating them, except by referring to the specialist doctor to clarify its causes, methods of treatment and the recommended medicines, and if there is a natural medicine that I can replace with the manufactured medicine in this case, I can take it.”

She continues, "I went through an unenviable experience, because one of my friends advised me to take a pill to lose weight, and I actually weighed more than six kilograms in two weeks, but then my weight stopped and did not decrease, and I was severely dehydrated as a result of the drug, and when visiting the doctor, he mentioned that it is a natural laxative, nothing more." ».

As for Marwan Ahmed, an “employee” who tried many mixtures to treat his disease and failed, he says, “I tried many herbal mixtures to get rid of vitiligo, and I got to know about these mixtures through a number of websites and exhibitions, but all of them were unsuccessful,” explaining that it was found that a number of These sites and stores “sell illusions and seek only material profit, by changing the mixtures every time I go to the store, they give me an alternative, and every time I try I pay exorbitant amounts.”

Khalil Mustafa, an “employee” of herbal medicine, says, “It is just an illusion.”

He believes that the well-known medical treatment is the "only guaranteed treatment", which provides consistently positive results, yet he did not neglect the herbal treatment that suits some different diseases by scientific methods.

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Housewife Yusra Ahmed considers herbal treatment the best way, “I think that herbal treatment is better than taking medical medicines.

She added, "This does not mean that I marginalize the role of the doctor. Rather, I am keen to go to him to detect the disease, and ask him about the herbs that he advises me to take for treatment, and if the critical condition in which he is ordered requires me to be treated with other medicines, I do not mind."

Toxicity

Muhammad Al-Khaja, an “employee” advises to consult a doctor before taking any medication. “It is not possible to refer to the mixtures found in websites or stores without asking about their contents or referring to the doctor, even if the seller provides evidence of the correctness of what he says, as he remains a seller and not a doctor.” .

And he continues, "I ate a mixture of herbs, just because the seller of the commodity proved to me that there are scientific bases that prove the validity of what he says, but that did not suit the nature of my body, and I had severe poisoning and did not recover from it until after I performed gastric lavage."

Tips

The Director-General of the International Supervision Center in Al-Ain, Dr. Abdul Rahman Morsi, mentions the benefits of herbal treatment, saying, “What led to the use of natural drugs is the avoidance of side effects that may occur as a result of manufactured chemicals, especially in the treatment of chronic diseases such as diabetes and blood pressure, as well as the presence of Multiple substances in the natural drug, which have a stimulant effect of the original active substance, which makes its effectiveness double.

He pointed to another benefit of natural drugs, as they "may be better than industrial ones in some therapeutic properties, for example, natural bergamot oil, which could be used successfully in removing white spots for vitiligo patients, while industrial bergamot oil was unable to do so."

Morsi believes that the psychological factor plays a key role in herbal treatment, “The patient in particular trusts natural drugs and herbal remedies, and this psychological factor cannot be overlooked as an effective factor in the patient’s recovery.”

He advises the use of certain herbs to heal various diseases, saying that “digitalis leaves occupy the first place in the treatment of heart diseases, and no chemical compound can compete with them. ».

He adds, “The Astragalus plant has proven its therapeutic potential in viral liver diseases. Damiana, an anti-depressant, has been tested, and the “Hishoy” herb is used to combat high cholesterol in the blood, in addition to more than 300 natural herbs that have been tested and proven to be beneficial in the laboratory on patients. diabetes.”

He explains his opinion on herbal treatment, "The methods of treatment, whether herbal or well-known medical medicines, must be based on scientific bases, and they must be integrated and not compete in order to eliminate the disease, if everyone's goal is to cure the patient."

He continues, "Therefore, the steps of medical diagnosis and laboratory tests are fixed in all different types of treatments, and the difference remains in the type of drug, whether it is natural or synthetic."

He talks about websites and herbal stores, saying, “The irrational paradox is that the prevailing tone is not to benefit from many of these products, yet they are in noticeable presence and demand for them, no matter what is explained by multiple factors, but it reveals the strong need for natural alternatives to chemical treatments, Especially in chronic diseases.

 Experiences from civilizations

About the history of herbal treatment, Dr. Abdul Rahman Morsi, Director-General of the International Center for Supervision in Al Ain, said that “herbal medicine is the first medicine circulating among humans since the beginning of creation and throughout thousands of years, so modern medicine did not appear until the last 200 years.

Through the attempt, man discovered some herbs that grow around him, and these experiences gathered in the shadow of the Pharaonic, Chinese, Assyrian, Indian and other civilizations.” To synthesize these compounds in the laboratory, imitating the processes that occur in plants.