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In our day to day living, all we need is to make us look beautiful and healthy. But we need to become a wise buyer
of the products that can make us satisfy because there are fraudulent and deceiving products offered in a market.
It can be observe in three forms Medical Quakery,Nutrition Quakery and device Quakery.
1.Medical quackery- A drugless or bloodless medical treatment, cures and remedies of various health condition.
Examples:
• A person who is not a surgeon perform a surgery operation for lumps such as goiter without opening the lump
and wound. The quack used leaves of local plants for surgery.
• A person who perform a bloodless surgery operation for a wounded soldier who has bullet on his body.
• Slimming lotion – this product promises to burn fat within 2 weeks of usage without surgery even is not true.
2. Nutrition quakery - This involves the promotion of food fads who claimed that their product contains natural
nutritional properties coming from multiple plants.
Examples:
• Most of the consumers around the world are now health conscious and it is now a trend. Quak producers
responded to that trend and produced 5 in 1 mix slimming, anti-aging, anti-cancer, detox, whitening herbal tea.
Those consumers who want to become slim, healthy and beautiful will patronize those products because of its
promise benefit but has not been accepted and tested by the bureau of foods and drugs.
• Products who can extend life and promised that it will help to increase life for almost 10 years after usage
• Liquid products that are diluted to water are sold and promised to cure cancers and other lumps.
3. Device quackery- This involves the use of miraculous gadgets that are believed to cure certain conditions.
Examples:
• Water treatment machine who promised to cure cancers, allergies and other terminal illness. It promised that it
can cure diseases by just drinking water treated from the machine.
• Sauna belts who promised to burn fat through the pores and sweat without liposuction
• An anti stress machine promised to prevent stress if it is in use during stressful time.
Dangers of Quackery
Answer:
Quackery is a superstitious belief that by using alternative medicines can help you to recover from any diseases or
weaknesses. A practice which involves “witch doctors”, faith healers, and other titles that makes you question
seeking treatment in hospitals. Quackery can also used as a term of fake or dishonesty. This is considered a
superstitious belief, when scientifically implying. Medicines were made from science provided with exact and
proven information that give assurance and guarantees healing in an amount of time. That is why doctors and
nurses are certified professionals that specialize in distributing these medicines. But due to poverty and limited
hospital/clinic access, people rely on other things that will serve as the medicinal healing process in their
community.
As of now quackery is still present despite the fact that medicines are just right around the corner. Considering the
fact that there are somethings sciences can’t explain or give solution to. There is nothing wrong in supernatural
beliefs as long as nobody gets harmed by it. But if so, then I guess it is time to send away that faith.
Explanation:
Physical Well-Being:
Most of quacks have a set of medicinal herbs used in his procedures. But he relies simply on his experience on the
plants he uses, he is unaware of other certified causes one can obtain while consuming it. Without proper
knowledge of those medicines he can spark an unnecessary complications his patients might have.
By strengthening his/her faith on the quack, and convincing him to have trust in his abilities for his past patients
did regain their health. Isn’t just a form of misguiding people it also serves as if he was scamming people. He keeps
them away from the help they truly need.
As said before, quacks don’t have enough knowledge to give medication to people. They may come out with their
thinking that they may have overlooked some facts and endangers their health.
Psychological Well-Being:
His patients might put too much trust in quackery that they no longer seek professionals help in resolving their
illnesses. The quack might not entirely be at fault here, but also the people’s ignorant beliefs.
Once they had experienced that quackery does indeed cure them in a way. They refuse to seek other methods.
They will remain on the one that does work in their own perception.
Negligence, the quack might derive advises not to do this and not to do that. But it just makes them more at risk
for they are neglecting the proper way of healing.
Quackery indeed is a risk people take in place of hospitals. For the reason that it is less expensive, within reach,
and produces same results as professionals does (in a way). People will consider practical thinking over proper
treatment, for we are in a world where the rich gets a VIP spot and poor people will have to wait in line. So, in
conclusion we can’t really blame them if they want to seek quacks over doctors.
Quackery
It affects the lives of many types of people - the easily persuaded and the wise, the rich and the poor and
Involves the use of methods or remedies to cure diseases that are not scientifically accepted.
QUACKS
POSSIBLE EFFECTS
1. A person who is terribly ill almost always dies in the hands of a quack.
2. A sick person who goes to a quack for treatment instead of a doctor may only be prolonging his/her
illness.
3. Even if no actual healing has been done, the patient gets well merely by his/her own faith, either in the
quack or in the remedies given. This is called PLACEBO EFFECT.
4. Money is wasted.
5. The patient's family may only get false hopes if the quack assures them of the patient's healing.
1. Some of them utilize advertisements to promote their product. In other cases, it is by word of mouth.
3. Some claim to have secret formulas which cannot be obtained from drugstores.
4. Some of them perform services without regard for sanitation. Using of materials which has not been
sterilized.
1. Those who suffer from serious ailments or diseases like cancer, heart problems, etc.
2. Those who are afraid of doctors or refuse to undergo surgery even though advised to do so.
HEALTH FADS
Health fads, consumer craze or consumer myths refer to beliefs about health that gain instant popularity;
stay on briefly; then, die down eventually
Possible Effects
1. These can lead to spending money on less important or unnecessary products.
is defined by the WHO as "medicine that refers to health practices, approaches, knowledge and beliefs
incorporating plant, animal and mineral-based medicines, spiritual therapies, manual techniques and
exercises, applied singularly or in combination to treat, diagnose and prevent illnesses or maintain well-
being"
Practitioners
There are illnesses that can be cured by traditional practitioners using traditional medicines.
Many Filipinos, particularly the poor, turn to practitioners of traditional medicine to alleviate their pain or
ALBULARYO
Uses plants to cure illnesses. The plants used by albolaryo do contain substances which can cure various
illnesses. These plants are called medicinal plants or herbs.
According to Michael L. Tan, an anthropology professor from the University of the Philippines, the term
albularyo is a Spanish-Filipino word which means "herbalist".
In Western countries, medicinal plants are usually small but here in the Philippines, it includes both herbs
and forest trees.
HILOT
They assist in giving birth, provide cure for sprains and muscle pains, and even give advice on family
matters.
They are recognized by the DOH thus giving them trainings to enrich their knowledge and improve their
skills.
10 medicinal plants
- diarrhea
- body pain
- diabetes mellitus
7. Bawang (Garlic)
8. Bayabas (Guava)
- intestinal worms
1. Luya (Ginger)
-sore throat
4. ABC leaves
-diarrhea
Dec. 9, 1997, Pres. Fidel Ramos signed into law R.A. No. 8423 or the Traditional and Alternative Health
4. The albulary and hilot play the role of the doctors in rural areas.
Dietary Supplements
Nonprescription Drugs
TRADEMARKS
EXAMPLES
Questionable Services
EXAMPLES
QUACKERY
3. Those described in folk medicine not yet supported by experimental data or clinical data.
1. Supplementary food like unproven herbal drinks or energy drinks that give extra strength and increase
the body's resistance to disease.
Questionable Ideas
are people who perform healing procedures or prescribe remedies for illnesses even without formal