Exactly! My Mother's friend was working a 9 - 5 to job, and was introduced by a mutual friend to start her own stay at home business. It was by Herbalife to be an independent rep, nonetheless, she took the offer and starting selling herbs from her home. She earned a large number of customers within a short period of time and decided to try the herbs herself for her own conditions. She was diabetic, high blood pressure and took what herbalife had recommended. As soon as she started with the herbs she had such a reaction that she ended up in the hospital. Luckiliy the Docs saved her life and upon returning home she quit everything and continued with her allopathic treatment. Herbs are not for everyone, you folks are the + - percentage that exists statistically in a random sample study\poll. You do not represent the majority of folks who have tried herbs with no success. There was a study conducted by the British Journal of Medicine (I will try to post it if possible) that said Echinacea was found not to be effective in treating or preventing the flu along with St. Johns Wort. I think when a person gets sick the body needs rest and time to heal, and so what ends up happening is allot of people contribute the healing to a herb they had taken.