St John Worth Plant
RE: the popularity of herbal medicine...?
Herbal and homeopathic remedies are growing in popularity - from melatonin to St Johns Wort to glucosamine. The industry is booming - which leads me to belive that the general public believes that these plants and natural extracts work.
Now, consider this...
In hoodoo, voodoo, and other alternative belief systems.....the power of those SAME plants is used to bring about a desired result. Just like in herbal medicine.
Why is it then, that the public is so quick to spend their money on thousands of dollars worth of herbal remedies that they believe will help them, but then in the same breath they denounce those who use those "remedies" - just in a different manner than pills?
In life, we will never be able to please everyone. To some the cup is half full and to others the cup is half empty. I'm one that sees the cup as being half full. Smile...