OTOH, pills from "Big Pharma" are often tested ad infinitum before being approved for ONE or a VERY FEW specific conditions...
And after awhile, doctors begin prescribing them for off-label usage...because they, too, are efficacious at more than one thing.
Full Disclosure: And, the "Big Pharma" pills often have the same set of side effects: headache, dry mouth, nausea, constipation, "sexual side effects". Just maybe, this is because many agents in the body are involved in more than one system, and there are feedback mechanisms? So affecting any one item is bound to have side effects...just as setting right one item that is out of whack may positively affect many different things.
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And after awhile, doctors begin prescribing them for off-label usage...because they, too, are efficacious at more than one thing.
Yes but I'm not aware of any "conventional" medication that claims to provide the spectrum of relief I see being claimed for alternative medicines.
Full Disclosure: And, the "Big Pharma" pills often have the same set of side effects: headache, dry mouth, nausea, constipation, "sexual side effects". Just maybe, this is because many agents in the body are involved in more than one system, and there are feedback mechanisms? So affecting any one item is bound to have side effects...just as setting right one item that is out of whack may positively affect many different things.
I see your point and can't dispute it. The side effects may also be due to differences in individual physiologies.
have you ever been to a 'health food" store lately? There are row apon row of little bottles full of natural cures.
I bet I could find bats ears and frogs eyes there too. They tend to go overboard just a little...
And I'm not saying that these natural remedies don't have merit. Some of them probably do.
Let's not forget, most medicines DO stem from plants and whatnot.
Lets also not forget that these "natural" products can have serious side effects when combined, and may even kill you if you mix them with others or with pharmacy drugs.
You have to be very carefull with them, because unlike pharmacy type drugs which list what they may react with, there is no such system in place for organics.