WARNING AGAINST SELF-DIAGNOSISMedicine science is coming full circle and nowadays the emphasis is again on finding natural cures for various ailments.
In this scenario, finding a therapist who will be sympathetic towards natural therapies should not be a problem.
Juice therapy can safely be used in conjunction with other traditional methods of therapy in most cases.
However, it is important to seek help from a registered medical practitioner for health problems and not to indulge in self-diagnosis. Sale of antifungal medications to treat Candida or yeast infections, skyrocketed when the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the over-the-counter (OTC) sales. Since then, medical practitioners have seen large number patients with a history of diagnosing themselves with yeast infections who don't actually have them. Around half of the number of women who used OTC products to treat what they assumed were vaginal yeast infections misdiagnosed their condition.
These women might have had other infections with symptoms that replicated those of yeast infections or no infections at all. A study conducted among women in Augusta, Georgia; Philadelphia; Detroit; Charleston and Omaha revealed: - 33% of them were able to accurately self-diagnose their condition
- 20% had a yeast infection as well as another type of vaginitis
- Over 30% women had completely different infections
- Almost 14% women had no infection at all.
Some of the common plants that are used to facilitate juice therapy are given in this section along with their botanical and common names, and the ailments that they may be used for.
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