The folk prescription is different from the regular prescription of traditional Chinese medicine. On the one hand, it is scattered among the people, unknown to outsiders, and has certain curative effect. On the other hand, it has not been scientifically verified, and the uncertainty of curative effect has been misunderstood and disputed. Most folk remedies and secret recipes have not been scientifically proved.
"Generally those strange diseases, incurable diseases, incurable diseases, etc. If you don't seek treatment, people will choose folk therapy. The individual differences of folk remedies are considerable, and the curative effect will vary with seasons, regions and personal physical conditions. Traditional Chinese medicine pays attention to syndrome differentiation and treatment, and it should suit the remedy to the individual's actual situation. Therefore, when choosing folk remedies, you should choose to use them according to your personal situation. Never take your body and life as experiments with a try-and-see attitude, which is easy to cause accidents. " Director Lin Suifang, chief physician of Guangzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said.
On the correct treatment of folk remedies
1, don't trust online publicity?
The so-called folk remedies circulating on the internet now. There are countless network information about folk remedies, and many of these remedies are also strange. In order to attract the attention of netizens and increase the number of clicks, a lot of information is true and false. Dr. Lin suggested: "A large part of the so-called folk remedies on the Internet have been artificially enlarged. Don't believe those so-called magic remedies. " ?
2. Consult the doctor first for the prescription that is too strong and strange.
As the saying goes, it is a three-point poison. Due to the special source of materials, some folk remedies are very toxic. Please consult a doctor before using toxic drugs. For some strange diseases, you can consult a doctor to try the folk prescription?
Don't be in a hurry to treat the disease, it's better to go to the hospital?
Dr. Lin Suifang said that folk remedies have not been scientifically verified, and many diseases are still safely treated in hospitals. In this case, it is not advisable to adopt some folk remedies to avoid aggravating the condition.