More than half of Russians – 52% – believe that traditional medicine is as effective as the official one, follows from the results of a survey by VCIOM.
At the same time, 47% of the respondents during the illness go to the doctor, and 32% combine this with folk remedies. Russians aged 35–59 (38–37%) choose to combine traditional medicine with medical treatment. Young people more often choose only medical care – this answer was preferred by 74%.
At the same time, about 17% of Russians do not go to doctors at all: 11% hope that everything will go away on its own, and 6% trust only folk remedies. However, in general, 71% of Russians, regardless of age, turned to traditional medicine in one way or another.
The most popular method of folk treatment among Russians is phytotherapy – treatment with herbs (38%), followed by treatment with bee products (30%) and treatment with baths (23%). The top 5 also included manual therapy (18%) and acupressure (17%). Another 15% practiced acupuncture, 13% practiced homeopathy.
From a healer or psychic, 4% received help in the treatment of diseases, and 5% practiced conspiracies from diseases and the evil eye.
Source: Rosbalt
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