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Remedies that work are called medicine. This is a common trend of thought among many a medical professional. The idea behind this thought is that traditional medicine does not work, and if it does work, it is not a folk remedy, but actual medicine. This essay seeks to agree with the idea that folk remedies are just as valid as modern medicine.

Folk medicine cures just as well as pills in a bottle. Take the common cold as an example. Pharmacists swear by taking vitamin C pills to boost one’s immune system and get over colds quickly. Mothers would advocate for their children and family members to eat an orange, which is full of vitamin C. Here we see two different approaches to achieve the same goal, which is consuming vitamin C to get rid of a cold. The fact that a woman who is seen as unqualified by doctors recommends a similar course of action for a cold as these seem doctors does indicate that folk remedies are just as effective as modern medicine.

To conclude, folk remedies are just as valid as modern remedies. In the example of consuming vitamin C to chase away a cold, the homemaker recommending ingestion of vitamin C in its natural form which rivals the pharmacist’s recommendation of taking 1000 milligrams of vitamin C in a pill shows that both avenues of treatment are equal in validity.

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