Traditional medicine has many properties that can help people with various diseases arthritis, bacterial infection, blood pressure issues, burns, coughs and more. Also, traditional medicine is still recognized as a preferred primary health care system in Papua New Guinea.
Traditional medicine is practicing theories, beliefs, and experiences indigenous to different cultures used to maintain health and the improvement or treatment of physical and mental illness. Traditional medicine has properties that can revert abnormalities to normal, treat common ailments, and improve the quality and health of people. In Papua, New Guinea traditional medicine is widely practiced. Also, that in Papua New Guinea 50% of the population relies solely on traditional medicine with no access to any western medicine.
In my opinion, it is a shame that they do not use traditional medicine often today because it is obsolete nowadays. But it still offers a lot of health benefits such as it can strengthen your immune system, fewer side effects, and it stabilizes your hormones and metabolism. Traditional medicine has been used for a huge number of years but they do not use it often now. Traditional medicine is also more affordable than conventional medicine and it is easier to obtain than prescription medicine. Also, that in Papua New Guinea approximately 0.6% of the population is living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Unfortunately, there is little evidence that traditional medicine can treat HIV.
Traditional medicine can also be harmful to some consumers. It can cause kidney failure or liver. It also has other symptoms like rashes, allergic reactions, shortness of breath, weakness, and more. It only happened to people that have toxic chemicals and heavy metals in their bodies because traditional medicine can react harmfully with other drugs. Also, that alcohol l and traditional medicine do not get along very well because if someone drinks alcohol less than four hours after they have taken traditional medicine they can have heart problems, internal bleeding, and maybe even death.
Traditional medicine can help people a lot but it can also harm them. But traditional medicine has more advantages than disadvantages. Also, traditional medicine has been used for a long time and it made people stronger.
