The whole natural therapy dogma is essentially flawed. Natural does not automatically imply healthy and safe. Heavy metals, like lead, is natural, but it is certainly not healthy. What can be more natural than sunlight, but it can cause skin cancer! Vitamin B12, a natural product can cause acne. Topical vitamin E can cause an erythema multiforme-like eruption (Arch Dermatol. 1984 Jul;120(7):906-8.), which can be potentially life-threatening!
The choice is not between natural and synthetic products. It is about finding the product with the least potential side-effects, whether natural or synthetic, that actually works. There is no such thing as a product that is 100% safe, 100% side-effect free and 100% efficacious for everything. That applies to both the so-called natural products and synthetic products.
Natural products can work wonderfully, but so can synthetic products! Synthetic products can have side-effects, but so can natural products.
Any treatment choice, whether natural or synthetic, is a balance between the proven efficacy of a product and the side-effect profile of the product. Take the time to investigate claims about product efficacy and product side-effects.
Do not be blinded by the natural hype.
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