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Avoid the Quacks when dealing in Natural Medicine

When you have a health problem that doesn't seem to be helped by conventional medicine, you often will continue to look at other means of cure. It can be difficult to tell the difference between legitimate treatements and Quacks. Here are a few guidelines to keep in mind while you explore alternative healing methods...

1. Be wary of any treatment that claims to help all forms of a particular condition. (Example: There are thousands of types of cancer and no one treatment will help all of them. If someone claims they have cure for "cancer" or "arthritis" in general; its probably not legitimate.

2. Be wary of television advertisments. Just because something is on TV or in a magazine; doesn't mean that it is legitimate. Not all advertisments fall under the strict regulations of your country. Sometimes the ads originate elsewhere where the rules do not apply.

3. Be wary of products that are sold on the basis of an endorsement by a specialist or doctor. Just because there are alot of abbreviations after his or her name, doesn't mean the the degrees were earned at an accredited training institute.

4. Be wary of people that profess to have "secret knowledge". Any reliable treatment will not be kept a SECRET.


Contributor's Note

Always consult a professional when unsure.

Contributed by Gardenerette on March 1, 2008, at 2:34 PM UTC.

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