What’s So Natural About Natural Medicine?

A historical exploration of natural medicine

Susannah Meadows’ young son, Shepherd, was afflicted with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Conventional drug treatments (naproxen and methotrexate) seemed to exacerbate his condition, but after regular doses of an ancient Chinese herbal remedy called “four-marvels powder,” his disease went into remission.[i] In 2013, the  New York Times Magazine published an article detailing Shepherd’s miraculous ...
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What’s So Natural About Natural Medicine?