What are the tradeoffs of using traditional medicines? Would traditional medicines have a bright features in light of the increasingly drug resistance encountered conventional medicines?
Surely the traditional medicines has golden bright future. As traditional medicines have the holistic approach rather than the isolated approach of modern science, it shows more impact on the human health. Traditional medicines not deals with only chemical compounds or extracts of herbs, but it deals with the all the essential components like, phenols, flavenoids and digestive fibers.
Traditional medicine has a comprehensive approach. The treatment method in Iranian Traditional medicine called 'Persian medicine' is step by step. First, the doctor pays attention to the six essential principles for health, including weather, exercise or physical activity, diet, sleep, stress or mental problems, storage of substances in the body, or their elimination from the body. If there is still a problem after correcting these six principles, he resorts to simple and uncomplicated herbal medicines and, in the next step, to more complex medicines if necessary. In addition, he uses other treatments such as cupping, massage, etc. if necessary. Treatment varies according to each person's temperament and circumstances, but there can be a single treatment for different problems in the same person.