Many tourists are increasingly choosing to go on trips with the aim of improving their sense of wellbeing. People consider alternative therapies that are safer than traditionalist treatments because of their conceptions. Many safety and legal issues surround the use of balancing therapies that all potential wellness tourists must consider.
A variety of herbal medicine can produce serious side effects. Furthermore, this field of medicine is not well synchronized or monitored by health associations and it is horizontal to safety issues. Some proponents of conservative medicine claim that medicines or herbs used to treat certain medical conditions are not prepared in sterilized environments and are not always safe for human use. In addition to this, as substitute, medicine is not synchronized and therapists do not fulfill any legal requirement before he can start practicing.
Many dishonest practitioners can cause severe harm to the patient. In many cases, patients with critical medical conditions, reach in worse stage, because they continue trying alternative medicine for a long period and only get back to conventional medicine. Depending on several alternative medicines alone can delay diagnosis of a patient, which can further lead to serious complications.
In some cases, some patients undergoing an integrative therapy are not well informed about the drug reactions because some herbs react with over-the-counter prescription drugs and the reaction can lead to serious complications. Most herbs do not have many side effects, there are a few herbs used in balancing treatment that can cause unwanted, and in some cases potentially hazardous, side effects.
Several studies shows that medicines used in CAM therapies are prepared in the absence of a good quality assurance department and in an unhygienic environment. There have been incidents in the past when people have received poisonous medicines, which contains various dangerous bacteria and viruses. Consumption of these medicines worsens the condition of the patient and with no other option left, they had to go back to conservative medicine. In addition, not all CAM therapies are effective; patients do end up wasting their money and time on complementary medicine that is not appropriate for their condition.
