Integrative Medicine




At the same time, many key claims aren’t backed by large, carefully controlled medical studies, or in some cases, those bigger studies refute the claims For example, several major studies of the herbal supplement echinacea found it did not prevent or shorten the duration of the common cold.

Through the conventional lens, for example, it’s us versus the germs and if we get exposed to one, they get in and try to get us. Our only responsibility is to take antibiotics and symptom-managing over-the-counter drugs while we continue to punch the clock.