Herbs and plants have been used for thousands of years to treat everything under the sun. Herbal remedies can be very effective, sometimes moreso than pharmaceuticals. Pharmaceutical drugs are, for the most part, made of synthetic versions of a chemical compound found in plants. Interestingly, where the synthetic version of the chemical compound may have devastating side effects, the natural plant usually does not. Part of the reason for this is that when drinking an herbal tea or eating the plant, you are also eating the complexity of the plant that includes vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, phytonutrients, and a host of other compounds that work together synergistically. This shows the natural perfection in the composition of the plant and how imperfectly the science of isolating one "active" compound from the "supporting" factors in healing and in the maintenance of health that the living plant facilitates.
There are numerous excellent websites that offer homemade natural remedies using herbs and other foods that can be just as good, if not better, than an synthetic pharmaceutical drug. My favorite is Green Med Info, but there are probably hundreds of others, some of which are listed under the "General Health" tab.
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