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As an individual who is interested in starting a healthy lifestyle or who is already on the lifestyle journey, it is crucial that you make informed choices and decision when it comes to treatment of diseases and overall body wellness.
As it is unanimously agreed upon that natural remedies have been our first to go to when it comes to treating ailment before the advent of conventional drugs and more importantly is that majority of these conventional drugs are made from the said natural medicine but with the addition of chemicals with other synthetic ingredients which explains why numerous side effects are can be found with them i.e. Conventional drugs.
Here are some salient points to note:
1. Conventional drugs have side effects which can be very serious or mild due to other synthetic ingredients they contain and of course they toxic to the body. Some drugs have dangerous effects that sometimes that manufacturers have to recall them from the market example is metformin for the diabetics, sadly, some people still use it. You can read more on this. Contrary to conventional medicine, if you use natural remedies the right way, then you are free from side effects.
2. Due to constant and prolonged usage of drugs like antibiotics, they end up becoming less effective due to microbial resistance which poses a great risk to your health.
Natural remedies on other other hand do not require prolonged usage because it's the body that needs to heal on its own(this is known as self healing in natural medicine), you only need to use them for sometimes to support the functionality of the body and leave the body to do rest.
For anyone on healthy lifestyle, you would have noticed that you hardly fall sick and if you do, it doesn't take long before you are back on your feet and you are not placed on any drugs for life.
3. Most important thing about conventional drugs is that they don't address the real issues(the root cause of your health challenge), they only address the symptoms giving you a quick relief and you end up going in circles i.e. headache can be due to insomnia or stress, instead of treating this, a pain relief is opted for and the headache comes back tomorrow and the cycle goes on.
Natural remedies takes care of ailment from the root cause, a reason for the slow healing but will produce a permanent solution. So, yes, natural remedies heal and protect the body from all forms ailments.
PS: to get the best use of natural remedies, it is important to opt for the service of a naturopath for professional guide.