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Re:How to Avoid a Post-Antibiotic World by mikecke on Sunday January 22, 2017 @03:01AM (#13454205)
Herbal medicine is not homeopathy.
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Re:How to Avoid a Post-Antibiotic World by robbiep on Sunday January 22, 2017 @05:48AM (#13454625)
Herbal medicine still isn't medicine
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Re:How to Avoid a Post-Antibiotic World by mantas on Sunday January 22, 2017 @07:25AM (#13454884)
Quite a few light "drugs" are herbs-based.

Over there, it's common for (real, medical, certified) doctors to prescribe (as in, write on a sheet of paper and stamp) specific herbal teas. Which are sold in pharmacies. And they do help for sure.

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Re:How to Avoid a Post-Antibiotic World by mikecke on Sunday January 22, 2017 @09:02PM (#13459118)
Herbs have pharmacological properties. Many medications are potentiated versions of their herbal counterparts. Some are just as efficacious.

- Hypericum Perforatum [1]

- Ashwhaganda [2]

Please discern the difference. You are a "doctor programmer" in your profile. This is disturbing.

[1]: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18843608

[2]: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3573577/

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Re:How to Avoid a Post-Antibiotic World by mschuster91 on Sunday January 22, 2017 @10:53AM (#13455656)
That depends on the herb. Just look at the many medical uses of marijuana, for example.
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Re:How to Avoid a Post-Antibiotic World by vitus on Sunday January 22, 2017 @01:05PM (#13456275)
Less controversially: aspirin (willow bark), quinine (cinchona bark), opiates (poppy; as used for the painkiller effect).
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