bcouncil herbs and alternative medicine

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tried and tested.
I actually trust these alternative approaches more than modern medicine, I mean they have been around a long time and are tried and tested.
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sprawdzone i przetestowane.
good complement to
I think they are great, as they take a holistic look at your body, so they make sense to me. I suppose some of them are good, for example, I have done acupuncture and it worked for me. Maybe they are a good complement to modern medicine.
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dobry dodatek do
tend to favour
I think they tend to be more popular with the older generation, but younger people tend to favour more modern approaches to medicine
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mają tendencję do faworyzowania
be sceptical about
To be honest, I am a bit sceptical, they don’t seem to be science-based to me, so I don’t know if they really work
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być sceptycznym
mumbo-jumbo
I think they are mumbo jumbo (=nonsense), I mean they is no scientific evidence that they work
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paplanina, bełkot
to be in two minds about it
I am in two minds about it, some people swear by homeopathy, but I wonder if it just works like a placebo
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mieć co do tego mieszane uczucia idiom
anecdotal evidence
The only evidence that they work is anecdotal, I don’t think they are very scientific
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niepotwierdzone dowody
Dowody są niepotwierdzone, więc podejrzany nie może zostać skazany na ich podstawie.
clean bill of health
The doctor gave me a clean bill of health
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doktor powiedział że jestem zdrowy
I feel as fit as a fiddle
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Czuję się zdrowy jak ryba
I feel fighting fit
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Czuję się gotowy do walki- idiom -zdrowy
to be on the mend
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wracać do zdrowia idiom
to be back on my feet
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stanąć na nogi idiom, wyzdrowieć
a picture of health
The doctor said she was a picture of health.
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okaz zdrowia
Lekarz stwierdził, że ona jest okazem zdrowia.
sort yourself out,
if ever we do feel under the weather that to take some kind of medicine to try and sort yourself out, so that you will be as fit as a fiddle
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uporządkuj się, ogarnij się idiom
to regain balance
I think, as with a lot of alternative medicines, it takes a long time for the body to regain balance and so you don’t have an immediate impact, but long term, yes it can help so.
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odzyskać równowagę
to fall sick
So, of course if you fall sick, I do sometimes take medicine
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zachorować
chirpractor
I’ve been treated by a ‘Chiro practitioner’ (we should say “chiropractor”) who did manipulation of my bones to help me when I had back problems
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kręgarz
direct impact on
I have also had acupuncture and that was interesting because it’s quite strange having needles put into your body on different pressure points and then waiting for the impact, and of course, you don’t feel the direct impact.
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bezpośredni wpływ na
a real advocate of
I am a real advocate of (=I am a fan of) using a holistic approach to staying healthy
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prawdziwy zwolennik
to feel off/ off color
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czuć się źle/nie w kolorze
to feel under the weather (idiom)
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źle się czuć idiom
not backed by
Alternative medicines and treatments are often not backed by scientific evidence.
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nie wspierane przez
opt for something
Patients who opt for such treatments risk their health and well-being by avoiding treatments that are proven to work
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wybierać coś
may seem like appealing option
the use of alternative medicines and treatments may seem like an appealing option for some and its popularity is increasing,
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może wydawać się atrakcyjną opcją
focuses on treating the root cause
Alternative medicine often focuses on treating the root cause of ailments rather than merely addressing symptoms
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koncentruje się na leczeniu przyczyny źródłowej
addressing symptoms
Addressing symptoms" means taking action to manage, alleviate, or relieve the signs and sensations that indicate an illness or problem, rather than necessarily fixing the underlying cause
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zajmowanie się objawami
inherent part of
Herbs are an inherent part of Polish tradition and folklore,
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nieodłączna część
lovage
we use lovage to make rosół (
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lubczyk
juniper
meats are laced with juniper.
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jałowiec
the healthiest ones are made with herbs such as mugwort, angelica or mint.
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