The interesting part of herbal remedies is obviously there are a lot of modern medicines based on natural ingredients such as aspirin, Star Anise (Tamiflu) and the chemicals found in cinnamon, cocoa, poppies, fish oil etc. and the main reason they are researched and tested is they involve special often complex processing that big pharma can manufacture and make money on. Stuff like chamomile, garlic, dandelion, ginger, onion, grapes and other natural foods and herbs that are therapeutic and down right good for you are things big pharma can’t make money on since they are plentiful and we can grow our own plus who is going to fund that kind of research on remedies that are cheap and in many cases free??? That would then eat into their profitable OTC empire if they or others “proved” their therapeutic value. Plus diet, exercise, yoga and meditation would just about kill the OTC pharmaceutical market if everybody did it and lucky for big pharma and the insurance industry people are naturally lazy. Pass the chips please.