Drugs Or Natural Therapies --- Which Are More Powerful?

"Over 11,000 scientific studies have been published documenting natural medicines' safe and effective uses for treating diseases and illnesses."
--- Natural Remedies and Supplements

When you are sick, you have a choice between drugs or natural therapies. You can choose to pop antibiotics for a bacterial infection and risk adding a yeast infection to your miseries. Or, you can choose Echinacea, a natural antibiotic and anti-fungal herb.

To help you choose, consider a 1998 joint finding of several organizations including the American Association of Poison Control Centers. The annual average cause of death in the United States from adverse drug reactions was from 60,000 to 140,000, depending on the organization reporting. However, all organizations reported that vitamins, homeopatic remedies, amino acid products, aromatherapy products and commercial herbal products caused no deaths.

Natural Remedies and Supplements examines twenty-two health-related problems, lists the drugs used for them with their potential side effects, and the natural alternatives with their potential side effects.

Pro-Active Self-Care For Health

Drugs suppress symptoms of disease and don't necessary heal. A good example is taking Ibuprofen for arthritis. Ibuprofen may alleviate the pain but in 4-6 hours, the pain returns and the arthritis remains in your body. Pharmaceuticals also stress such organs as the kidneys, liver and your digestive system, and can cause other diseases.

Natural remedies work in harmony with your body and also provide relief from symptoms. You just need to give your body and the remedy time to work together to heal. This could take anywhere from a few month to a couple of years.

Among the recommendations in Natural Remedies and Supplements for Arthritis sufferers are black cohosh, devils claw, glucosamine, tea tree oil, white willow, quercetin B complex with extra B3 and B5, vitamin C, manganese, and copper and DHEA.

For women of a certain age, estrogen replacement therapy isn't the only route for menopause. You may eliminate your hot flashes, but do you really want to substitute nausea, weight gain or breast cancer? Instead, try black cohosh or Vitex. Both excel in treating a multitude of women's hormonal problems.

Black cohosh, a natural estrogen supplier, eliminates hot flashes, alleviates menstrual problems and can ease labor and birth. Vitex, or "chasteberry" is used in Europe as an alternative to estrogen replacement therapy. Younger women can also benefit from chasteberry as it treats PMS, fibroid tumors and amenorrhea.

There are a number of natural remedies and supplements that can be used to replace or boost the effectiveness of conventional drug therapies. Become pro-active in your pursuit of self-health care that can benefit you and your family.

Read Natural Remedies and Supplements to get a quick start and keep it handy as an invaluable resource once you become a seasoned pro at using natural remedies and supplements for your self-care health needs.

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