Herbs to the Rescue

Chances are your medicine cabinet is overflowing with a slew of manmade products containing synthetic chemicals, petroleum, artificial colorings and animal by-products. From cortisone cream and mercurochrome to antihistamines and acetaminophen, many medicine cabinets resemble a wartime arsenal. To treat sprains, burns, cuts, bites and upset stomach, what other options do you have?

Plenty. Tired of the immune-stressing offense of pharmaceuticals, many consumers are countering this unnatural barrage with a good defense-herbal remedies. According to the World Health Organization, 80 percent of the world's people rely on plants for medicine. And their use has skyrocketed in Europe and America in recent years, due mainly to a fear of Western medicine's side effects and its booming health care-associated costs. According to Health And Nutrition Breakthroughs, the overuse of antibiotics in Western medicine has encouraged the revival of herbal remedies, as more and more bacterial strains become immune to antibiotic drugs.

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