Importance of Medicine

With the technologies advance in medical sciences, we have started living a better and longer life. Medicine is one of the crucial necessities of life. The word medicine has been derived from Latin “ars medicina”, which literally means “the art of healing”. It is that special branch of health sciences that is concerned with restoring and maintaining health through various studies, diagnosis, and treatments. This is the branch that provides methods of prevention of various diseases that helps us heal our wounds when we are injured and that helps us cure any kind of bodily or mental damages.

Some of certain things in life that are not in our control, for instance, an unexpected accident, an unwanted disease or an unwanted failure of any of our body parts. These are some of the cases when we understand the importance of medicine. Although medicine was there even in the medieval times but during that age the medical science was not so advanced. At that time, the medicine branch did not have solutions for so many diseases but now things have changed. Today, medicine has the power of curing almost any disease, except a few that are still incurable.

The branch of medicine comprises all sorts of treatments that can cure human body. It also includes preventive systems that help on preventing many diseases, for example, there are many vaccinations that are used to prevent diseases. The treatment, under the branch of medicine, is done through diet, drugs, exercise and other non-surgical means. Besides curing some disease or healing a wound, medicine, at times, is also used to maintain good health. For example, a sugar patient has to take medicine regularly to control the sugar level in the body. Similarly, some people have to take medicine daily to maintain the blood pressure of their body. So, medicine is also important for maintaining good health.

There are numerous kinds of medicine – allopathic, homeopathic and herbal medicine. The herbal medicine is considered the best for most of the cases because of the sole reason that it is made from natural ingredients only. It makes use of berries, plant’s seeds, leaves, roots, barks and even flowers for medical purposes. Although it used to be a medicine that was kept outside the conventional medicine but today it is taking its place in the mainstream and even doctors recommend herbal medicines in many cases.

However, one should remember that giving importance to medicine does not mean that every medicine is useful for every individual. Every person has a different body and every body reacts differently to every medicine. So, just taking any medicine or combining two medicines without any recommendation or prescription can also be risky. You should consult your doctor before taking any kind of medicine on your own.