Therefore, I would like to explain the difference between herbs and allopathic drugs. It's quite simple. An herb contains one or more active ingredients, AS WELL AS several protective compounds, which help the body deal with the active ingredient(s). When an allopathic drug is made, the active ingredient is extracted from the herb, then synthesized, and then a concentrated dose of it is made into a pill. The finished product contains an unnaturally high dose of synthesized active ingredient(s), and none of the protective compounds. This is why allopathic drugs cause side effects, and herbs do not. [Source: _Herbs For Health And Healing_ by Kathi Keville]

Just because something is made from an herb does not make it equivalent or comprable to an herb. The moral of the story is, don't mess with nature. Men in lab coats may think they know everything, but they obviously lack the humility to fully realize and appreciate the fact that humans and plants have been evolving side by side for millions of years, resulting in a natural system of compatibility and mutual benefit that our own limited knowledge is woefully inadequate to interfere with. I hope no one thinks I am anti-science. I am very very very much in favor of True Science and the study of healing. The problem is that Western Medicine is no longer true science. It has been corrupted by money and greed. Doctors have become mere drug-pushers, and pharmacutical companies care only about what they can sell, and for how much.

Organic herbs provide a refreshing alternative. : )

(It's the same thing with white sugar. The part of the sugar that is removed when it is refined is the part that helps your body metabolize the sugar. We need to eat WHOLE foods!)