The use of ancestral medicine as an alternative to the indeed use of chemical drugs.

Abstract

The use of chemical drugs is a global problem that affects both developed and developing countries. Antibiotics are one of the main misused medicines with serious environmental repercussions; in Ecuador, the problem is greater, there is little or no regulation of self-consumption. The objective of the investigation was to determine the bad use and damage that chemical antibiotics generate in the users, with the eagerness to reduce its abuse, avoiding damages in the quality of life of the people. The research is bibliographic and field. In synthesis, the action of chemical medicine is fast and effective, generally the chemicals used cure ailments, but they damage other sensitive organs of our body.