Modern Medicine vs. Traditional Medicine
                     MODERN MEDICINE 
VS. TRADITIONAL 
MEDICINE
Introduction
Traditional medicine vs modern medicine has been a 
continuous debate for many decades. Since the invention of 
modern medicine, many people have not been ready to admit 
it as they have been listening and preaching the traditional 
medicine and its holistic methods using natural herbs and 
religious beliefs and all that. 
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WHAT IS TRADITIONAL 
MEDICINE?
Traditional medicine is a medicine that has been used for the 
treatment for decades using specific theories, beliefs, 
knowledge, skill, and cultural traditions.
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EXAMPLE OF TRADITIONAL 
MEDICINE?
The examples of traditional medicines are Ayurvedic 
treatment by Asians, Homeopathy by Germans, Kampo 
medicine from Japanese and Naturopathy from Europeans. 
There are some rare traditional pharmacies nowadays as 
compared to the modern ones.
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WHAT IS MODERN MEDICINE?
Modern medicine is also called the alternative medicine 
because it was established as an alternative to the traditional 
medicine ways and beliefs. 
Modern medicine was invented to have standardized 
medicines after testing some specific medicines for some 
specific patients having some specific symptoms. 
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DIFFERENCE 
BETWEEN 
TRADITIONAL AND 
MODERN MEDICINE
The major difference between a modern medicine vs 
alternative medicine is their specifications and the pre sets of 
dosage for some standard symptoms. 
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DIFFERENCE 
BETWEEN 
TRADITIONAL AND 
MODERN MEDICINE 
CONT.
Alternative medicine provides us our desired medications in 
our required dose instantly while traditional medicine requires 
hit and trial plus it is a passive treatment with no assurance of 
the effectiveness.
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ADVANTAGES OF 
TRADITIONAL 
MEDICINES
Traditional medicines have almost no side effects and they are 
proven enough because they have been advised from many 
generations and they have been quite efficient. 
Furthermore, traditional medicines are made from herbs and 
natural practices that won’t just cure the specific symptom but 
they make a whole body in its healthy condition. 
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ADVANTAGES OF 
MODERN MEDICINES
Modern medicine has been scientifically proven along with the 
results of real tests, hypotheses and not just from the 
theories. alternative medicine provides quick relief from the 
specific symptoms because they only target that area with the 
proven chemical formulas.
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IS TRADITIONAL 
MEDICINE MORE 
EFFECTIVE THAN 
MODERN ONES?
Traditional medicine is just preferred by someone having 
strong religious or cultural beliefs on some traditions of their 
ancestors but in reality, alternative medicine is surely more 
effective than traditional one because it has been developed 
after practicing on real patients with specific symptoms and 
there were studies where several patients were monitored 
against a similar medicine. 
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