Before boarding the discussion bandwagon, just to clarify things up. By natural products, you meant alternative/traditional medicines?

That's why as I've suggested, perhaps natural products in terms of alternative/traditional medicine. As your context seems to focus on diseases and cure.

Anyhow I've no idea on how to begin the discussion. Perhaps you can begin it by stating some of your opinion in regards to it?

PhD School is my favourite sub-forum. I felt the discussion here is somewhat more matured than RWI section.

I'm interested in current issues of course, which includes alternative medicine too.

I'll share my opinion regarding alternative medicines.

Alt. Medicine has becoming rather popular now. The fact that it is natural and organic seems to get the people's attention.
However, it should be none that alt. med is no form of an active cure; i.e. it doesn't work like how conventional medicines work in curing a disease.

Alt. medicines are mainly to improve one's immune system. For example, ling zi (Ganoderma) are well known and consumed to improve one's immune system. It works more like a preventive measure, where by stronger immune system, the likelihood to fall sick is lower.

That being said, consuming more ganoderma when one fell sick will not cure the disease. The virus in the body cannot be contained, and this is where antibiotics come in.

I regard conventional medicines as active medicine, while alt. medicine as passive; much like how vaccine works.


That is how I understand and view it. If I'm wrong, kindly correct me.

True, I have few friends whom did research on drug-benefits in sea cucumber. Among the result was for cosmetic purposes. Sorry I don't know how it works though

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