Remedios

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In the early days of the desert Southwest, plants were used in place of modern day medicine. Later, synthetic replacements for many of the medicines were developed. Now some scientists believe that we have used the same drugs over and over again until they don't work as well. Scientists call this "drug resistance". Some people who take synthetic replacements for herbs again and again have reactions that have nothing to do with the illness they want to cure. For example, getting itchy red sports on your arms when you take medicine to cure a sore throat. These reactions are called "side effects". Today's scientists are also finding that new diseases are cropping up where no medicines are available. This has made us realize how important it is to study the wisdom of the native peoples and their uses of medicinal plants. 

     As herbs are far feebler biological agents than drug therapy, it is important to know if the disorder is acute or chronic, in a strong or immunodeficiency  person, just beginning or post-inflammatory, and so on. As an example, pharynx may often be treated with an appropriate antibiotic, whether the condition is acute, sub acute, or chronic. Although such may indeed be necessary, antibiotics are often a major metabolic stress, substantially altering the ecologies of the skin and mucous. Most pharynx  involves normally endogenous viruses or bacteria that take advantage of membrane compromise, immune suppression, or emotional or metabolic stress. Herbs are often better suited in milder or sub clinical conditions.

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