People forget that the pharmaceutical company started from herbal & Homeopathic cures and treatments. Just look at the asprin, made by boiling the bark of the white willow tree. Modern medicine came from these humble origins. "They" don't want people to remember all of this info. If they pulled asprin from the shelves you can go out and make your own! "They" want you on their hook, thinking only "they" can provide the medicines. All the info on making your own meds they want all of it to just be gone! Going to the doctor to get a diagnoses is just fine! Its when it comes to the meds they want you to take their is probably a herbal version that does not have the "black box" warnings. Getting as much info on what you may have then the meds they want you to take, have to look at all the side effects that go along with them! There usually is replacement herbal/homeopathic that you can take that will do the job but will probably take longer. I would rather have it take longer and have fewer/or no side effects, than the ones that come with the pharma ones! Its surprising on how few people read the side-effect list included with meds! More than 80% of the meds have side effects that are worse that what you are trying to fix!!!