My sister swears by herbal medicines, but she does go to an expert herbalist in a town where there are many such practitioners. I turned out to be allergic to some of the herbs she uses so I have to avoid them as they only make things worse for me.
My mother always preferred getting a bucket of sea water, heating it on the stove and breathing in its vapors as a cure for her sinusitis.
OTOH, my grandmother swore by the relief of back pain she got from acupuncture, and my mother witnessed patients undergoing childbirth with nothing more than acupuncture to treat any pain.
If you can find a good practitioner it is certainly worth a try.