Hi Jai, I fully agree with you that both have a place in healing. Some will argue that conventionsl medicine is sometimes dangerous but so is natural medicine if not used wisely. Both have their merrits and both can sometimes have undesired side effects.

Not all react to medication western or natural in the same way and some thrive on certain herbs while others react in a negative way as it simply depends on a persons system.

I'm happy you are feeling better and I hope you were wise and went to a qualified and experianced practitioner.

If for any reason you get a pain in the back of the waist in the kidney area than stop all herbs and talk to your doctor or herbalist.

Wishing you good health

everything is part of a whole. you just need to have a right balence or harmony. and yes nature is able to heal it self but sometime it needs someone help. who is the first one to help you heal? it is you using your free will. what is western medicine going to do to help you? ask you question make test to discover the problem and use the knowledge they have to heal you. has for antibiotic it is not a cure all and should be use only when there is no other choice. because antibiotic lower your immune system and can cause smaller virus to die and some super virus can eat the small virus and mutate.