OPINION ESSAY ABOUT NONCONVENTIONAL MEDICINE Cansel ISLEK

Sure almost everybody had the expierence of nonconventional medicince, but probably in different ways. When I was younger I had to drink herbal tea everytime I catched the cold. An Italien friend of mine told me her mother had some other “Healing Drinks”. In my oppinion it is important to see a doctor if you are ill but you can also use other methods as far as you don`t exaggerate it.

First, If you gonna ask me what nonconventional medicine is I would say it is a type of medicine, which is used by some communities and wich is not based on scientific evidence. Tradition and culture are sure the most dominant things in nonconventional medicine. People make drinks or medicines they have learned from their ancestors. Futhermore it also could be something like alternative medicine, where you can try several methods to heal an ilness. For example you can make meditation in order to feel better. If you are suffering from cancer it can be very useful to make meditation. If you are stronger and feel better it is more likely to overcome a disease. Besides, when we use Homeopathy, Acupuncture or Herbalism it is also nonconventional medicine in my mind. I think people describe this type of medicine in different ways and have different attitudes toward it. This is why we shouldn`t set precise limits to it.

Second, I am not against nonconventional medicine. In the opposite I think sometimes it can be very helpful. My father get the cough four years ago. He suffered 2 month from it, but no medicine no cough drop was helpfull. The husband of my aunt is spanish and told my father to drink everyday a little bit pepermint oil. After a week my father had nothing. What I mean is you can use nonconventional medicine to support the process of healing. But trying to heal an illness without seeing a doctor and using those methods is completely senseless in my oppinion.

All in all it depends on you to use or not to use nonconventional or alternative medicine. A lot of methods are really helpful, but some are senseless like eating raw eggs helps you think better. I would suggest you to be selective and think about what you are doing. Maybe the methods of nonconventional medicine are not proven but they are experienced. People use them since ages and I am sure they will be used some another ages too.