Drug-free treatment

Elderly people in Dong Ha City exercise and move properly to increase their body's resistance - Photo: ML

Non-drug treatment is understood as treatment or treatment support methods that do not use any chemicals that affect the body through injection, oral, topical application, breathing through the nose and throat... Currently, there are many non-drug treatment methods such as physical therapy, traditional medicine, psychotherapy, health care, qigong, yoga, health care... Each method has a different effect on the body, can be treated individually or applied in combination to improve treatment effectiveness, especially for chronic diseases.

Mr. Ho Tat Thang, Gio An commune, Gio Linh district, has been living with a herniated disc for many years. Previously, because he was busy with work, he did not focus on treatment and only used Western medicine to relieve the pain. As he got older and his condition worsened, he said he had visited many places and used many types of medicine, but the results were not as expected.

Through consultation and personal experience, he has chosen to treat hernias with natural therapy for more than 2 years now. In addition to physical therapy at the traditional medicine clinic in batches, he has learned exercises and physical movements at home to reduce the pressure on his bones and joints. Mr. Thang said: "Since following natural therapy, my herniated disc has improved significantly. My health has also improved, my spirit is more comfortable and relaxed."

Ms. Nguyen Thi Hien, in Dong Luong Ward, Dong Ha City, suffers from chronic headaches. However, after many years of taking Western medicine, the disease did not improve but tended to get worse, so she sought a method to treat headaches without using medicine.

Ms. Hien said: “In the past, every time I had a pain attack, I took Western medicine, even if the pain was just fleeting, I took preventive medicine. Although this method quickly relieved the pain, when it came back, the pain level increased. Not only that, because I took too much Western medicine, my liver and kidney function were also affected.”

Introduced by friends, she began to learn about natural remedies for headaches. She was advised to use hot compresses, steam baths, massages, acupressure, etc. to relieve the pain. Initially, she was supported by staff at the medical facility. Later, when she had mastered the steps, she took the initiative to do it herself at home. In addition, she also signed up for a yoga therapy class every morning, so her health improved significantly. She said that since the beginning of the year, although the weather has changed frequently, she has not been tormented by the prolonged headaches like before.

Ms. Phuong Thao is a yoga therapy teacher in Dong Ha City. Ms. Thao's classes are always full of students of different ages. According to Ms. Thao, as society develops and the quality of life improves, people pay more attention and invest more in their health.

Ms. Thao designs a lesson plan that is suitable for each student because the health problems that everyone encounters are different. Among them, the students are most interested in practicing to treat shoulder and neck pain, back pain, spinal pain, varicose veins, endocrine disorders, blood pressure, depression, insomnia, herniated discs, etc. "Currently, not only sick people seek natural therapies for treatment, but also healthy people practice regularly to improve their health," Ms. Thao said.

Non-drug treatment methods have existed for a long time but have not been given much attention in the past, especially when Western medicine was born and developed strongly in the years of the 20th century. However, when the treatment of diseases with Western medicine developed, the unwanted effects of drugs were revealed, many people tended to return to learn and apply non-drug treatment methods, especially for chronic diseases. Currently, in medical facilities, non-drug treatment methods are still used in parallel with drug treatment.

According to traditional medicine practitioner Nguyen Thi Thu Tram, Tien Phuong Traditional Medicine Clinic, Dong Ha City, natural therapy is increasingly chosen by many people because of its many advantages. Not only is it safe and effective, but drug-free treatment is also easy to perform and low cost.

In addition to treating diseases, this therapy is also very effective in preventing diseases when patients can proactively apply it. The fact that many people choose non-drug treatment methods shows that people are increasingly interested in benign and safe treatment, and at the same time, proactively improving their health with natural therapies to prevent diseases.

From there, the burden of disease will be reduced. However, natural therapy also has some limitations such as slow effects, long treatment time requiring patience from the patient, and cannot be performed in acute cases.

Mai Lam

Source: https://baoquangtri.vn/chua-benh-khong-dung-thuoc-193555.htm