What do you think about taking herbal supplements?

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I am not sure about the advertisements that are happening for herbal products or herbal supplements. I will not agree to the statement that it is a complete bull shit. It is definitely not true. Of course there are so many products in the market the just has selling as the only motive. After all they get the formula from either ayurveda or any other natural therapy. I am not sure if it will be capable of completely curing the diseases or any health condition but I am sure that there are so many herbal supplements that are definitely capable of dealing with health problems.

I am not a medical practitioner but I would like to say that from the culture that I come from we have been using herbal products and herbal supplements for ages. Many of the foreign corporate companies have taken formula from Indian ancient scriptures and they have developed product out of it. Some of these products are already very popular in the market at the floor so attached to some of these herbal supplements. I am not going to say that all the health supplements that we see in the market are purely natural or purely herbal.

Self medication

In India we believe more on prevention before dealing with cure. Safe medication is something that is very common in India. Especially people who are from villages, practice self medication a lot. Most of this self medication is herbal medication. They get that knowledge from their ancestors who have been practicing at for several years. Allopathic medication is something that emerged recently. We have to definitely agree that there were medications available locally before allopathic medications were introduced to the general public.

In a way we can also say that allopathic medications of the modern medication even took a step further to demolish the ancient practices that were done locally. I really have a head feeling on that. today we are in a state where we will not be able to survive without the modern medication. In ancient days it was not the case. people had search of self confidence and they were able to treat their diseases by themselves. Today we have lost so much of that knowledge because of the influence of modern medical practices.

But we have to be definitely cautious when we do self medication. In today's world we are not fully knowledgeable with ancient medical practices. Even some of the suggestions that I've given by our parents or buy old people in our house is not fully working out. If a baby is born in 9 house during the old days we used to know what and all we should be doing to take care of a baby. But today with the influence of the modern medications and facilities available we have completely forgot our ancient practices. I feel that is where we are doing mistakes. even though we go for something new we have to make sure that the previous knowledge that we had for ages should also be retained. some of these knowledges are systematically documented in ancient scriptures but we are lazy to go and check the ancient scriptures but instead we just go with the modern medication.

Today some people look in the internet and think some of the herbal supplements can provide solution to their problems. They end up taking their own medicines without consulting anyone. This is where things goes wrong. There is also a misconception that herbal supplements will not give any side effects. This is not completely true. Herbal supplements are also similar to modern medicines that can technically create side effects. Before we take a step to cure our own diseases by ourselves with herbal supplements we have to do our own research.

Alternative medicine practitioners

Today we have so many alternative medicine practitioners available whom we can consult before taking any herbal supplements by ourselves. Of course we can be our own advocate for our health related things but it is always good to get an expert advice before we make any decision to take herbal supplements by ourselves. Some people also have hatred towards alternative medicines. They think that it is completely bulshit with no effect. It is definitely not true.

Humanity has survived several million years and I don't think we were dependent on allopathic medicines before 500 years. So before we conclude something is bulshit I guess it is wise to explore and understand what these things are all about. I am strong believer that our ancestors were not idiots. Some of the scriptures have a detailed information about medical practices that happened in ancient India. That also clearly explains how much research were made to document such things.

I feel that people should definitely not go behind advertisements. It is not going to add any value to us. not just herbal supplements but even for other products I don't think advertisements are the right thing to get our knowledge. We have to go one step further to really understand what it is capable of. but in the case of herbal supplements I would say a proper medical practitioner will be the right person to approach instead of taking decisions by ourselves.

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