~Looks like shilolo didn’t take his St. John’s Wort.
I agree with shilolo about “older isn’t better”. There are a lot of things “western” medicine treats very well—mostly everything. However, there are some things it really doesn’t: bowel problems, certain types of allergies, and sometimes chronic pain.
Am I above putting some arnica on my ankle as I pop some advil? Nope. Would I apply a poultice of comfry leaf to a broken foot? Nope.
Yes, it may be placebo effect, but does that matter? It’s like the study that came out last year that showed that generic drugs don’t perform as well as name-brand drugs—if you think they won’t.
btw, airborne and echinacea don’t do anything.