Odd, Rustic. My doctors, in South Bend, Cincinnati, and here have all known about the various supplements and have even recommended some when they felt it was called for.

I'm sitting here at home instead of being at work because my throat is raw from postnasal drip, coughing, and generally ugly stuff. I went to the doctor and upon examination he found that my right ear was infected, as well as other parts.

I'm on Augmentin; Amoxycillin has been used so much for this sort of thing that it's no longer effective (although it is cheaper). I'm also taking Guaifenesin (at his suggestion, but I was anyway) and Tylenol with codeine to kill the coughing.

I tried to find out the ultimate source for Guaifenesin -- whether it was herbal or not -- but couldn't. I *did* find out that there is a Guaifenesin protocol for Fibromyalgia, and I'll be telling a friend with it about it.

I am NOT against herbal meds. Heck, salcylic acid is found in willow bark, ginko does seem to help with memory, sawtooth palmetto with prostate problems. What I am against is using them to the total exclusion of other drugs. I am also very much against forcing them into "unnatural" uses -- coffee enemas come to mind, but there are many others.

My point is that all herbals come down to organic chemistry.