For minor colds, headaches and the like I’ll try herbal medicine first, if they don’t work I have no problem reaching for the pills. For real problems I’m always going modern medicine, I have found for a couple chronic conditions herbal stuff makes good supplements. I’m also not just taking some old guys word something works, a lot of plants have years of history in both the west and east as well as some scientific research into them so I try to look that info up too.
It’s kind of hard for some of them like the ingredients for the tea I drink in the rare times my allergies flare up.
It’s called Tiantian Baicao and it’s made with Glycyrrhiza glabra L . var . glandulifera, Chrysanthemum morifolium Ramat., Hydrangea Tea, Thamnolia Vermicularis (Ach) Asa-hina, Saussurea in volucrate, Arenaria Kansuensis Maxim, Crocus sativus L .
The thamnolia and the arenaria have been particularly hard for me to learn about other than they look wicked
The one stand by I always try to keep around for headaches and muscle pain is white lotus oil, not really sure whats in it but definitely some mint and eucalyptus and I assume lotus.
