A consumer must be cautious of medical quackery, which involves using unscientifically accepted methods. Quackery can have serious negative effects, including prolonging illness, wasting money, and giving false hope. Quacks often claim to have secret remedies and treat illnesses without proper training or licensing. They may deliberately deceive patients or genuinely believe in their ineffective treatments. Traditional medicine practitioners like albularios, who use medicinal plants, can effectively treat some illnesses, though herbal remedies require scientific validation.

1. QUACKERY

2. A Consumer must be cautious about acquiring
the services of the people who claim that they
have the necessary skills and experience to
practice medicine. The reason is because of
Quackery.

3. Quackery involves the use of methods that
are not scientifically accepted. Questionable
ideas as well as questionable products and
services are therefore trademarks of
Quackery.
Nowadays, quackery has taken on a broader
definition. It is “anything involving over
promotion in the field of health”. Thus, the
companies that make exaggerated claims
about effectivity of their products such as
dietary supplements and non-prescription
drugs, are definition also of quackery. People
who do quackery are QUACKS.

4. Quacks
>> are people who perform healing
procedures or prescribe remedies
for illnesses even without formal
education and license. Some of
them sell their own products to
treat ailments and diseases. While
some of them deliberately deceive
their “patients” about their ability
to treat illnesses, others practice
their “crafts” with full trust in
their competence but openly
discuss their limitations.

5. POSSIBLE EFFECTS OF MEDICAL
QUACKERY
1. Person who is terribly ill may die in the hands of quack.
2. A sick person who goes to a quack for treatment instead
of a doctor may only be prolonging his illness.
3. Even if no actual healing has been done, the patient get
well merely by his/her own faith either in the quack or in
the remedies given. This phenomenon is called placebo
effect.
4. Money is wasted if the patient’s condition does not
improve.
5. The patient’s family may only get false hope if the quack
assures them of the patient’s complete healing.

6. HOW TO IDENTIFY QUACKS
1. They do not put up advertisements. People come to
know about their services by word of mouth.
2. Most of them perform their services at their own
homes. A few go to the patient’s home for the
treatment.
3. Some claim to have secret formulas which cannot be
obtained from drugstores.
4. Some of them perform their services without regard
for sanitation. They use apparatus and other materials
that have not been sterilized.
5. Some utter unintelligible prayers or incantations
while treating their patients.
6. Most of them use the same procedure for all kinds of
illnesses.

7. WHO ARE THE USUAL
VICTIMS OF QUACKERY?
1. People who have been found to be
suffering from serious ailments or
diseases like cancer, heart problems
etc.
2. People who are afraid of doctors or
those who do not want to undergo
surgery.
3. People suffering from severe pains.
4. People who give a high premium to
beauty or aesthetics.

8. HEALTH FADS
>> ALSO CALLED CONSUMER MYTHS OR CONSUMER CRAZE THAT
REFERS TO BELIEFS ON HEALTH THAT BECOME POPULAR QUICKLY,
STAY ON BRIEFLY, THEN DIE DOWN EVENTUALLY
1. Some supplementary foods like
vitamins and minerals give extra
strength and increase the body’s
resistance to diseases.
2. Organic or natural foods are better
than regular foods available in
stores.
3. Wearing copper bracelet can cure
diseases.

9. POSSIBLE EFFECTS OF THE
FOLLOWING HEALTH FADS
1. It can lead to spending money on less
important or unnecessary products
2. It can lead to wasteful spending on
usually overpriced specialty products.
3. It can lead on spending so much on
worthless form of therapies.
4. It can cause harm to the body.

10. TRADITIONAL MEDICINE
>> There are illnesses
that can be cured or remedied
by traditional practitioners .
These practitioners-the
albularios and the hilots are
usually sought after not only
by people in the rural areas
but also by those in the urban
areas.

11. albularios
>> one of the practitioners of Traditional Medicine
that uses plants to cure illnesses. Studies have proven that
the plants used by the albularios do contain substances
which can cure various illnesses. These plants are called
medicinal plants or herbs. Many licensed health experts
nowadays recommend herbs for the treatment of a large
number of ailments and diseases - including some serious
ones.

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Prepared By:
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