Herbal Medicine
Herbs can have a very profound healing effect on the body. There are herbs for every system in the body and there are organ specific herbs. The herbs are available in liquid form, tablets, capsules and powder. The liquid herbs (usual in alcohol) work the quickest, for example I have had a serious cystitis attack where I could not stand up or sit down from the pain and within 20 minutes the herbs completely resolved it. The liquid herbs usually don’t taste very good, but when you are sick it is amazing that they almost taste nice, as if your body senses that the herbs are going to be beneficial. 
There are many herbs that are very suitable to assist the body in detoxification either during and after illness or once or twice a year with a general detox.

Immune System
 
There are also herbs that can assist the body in overcoming colds and flues as well as more serious respiratory and urinary tract infections such as tonsillitis, otitis media (middle ear infection), bronchitis, cystitis and lung infections. Thyme and Sage (see picture) for example are very good herbs for the throat. These herbs can both easily be grown in the garden and used to make an infusion (like a tea) that can be gargled for throat infections. Not only are there special herbs with anti-viral, anti-fungal, anti-worms or anti-bacterial properties, the best news is that (as long as they are given in the right dose) they usually have no negative side-effects! On top of that many of those same herbs have an immune-modulating effect, in other words they improve the function of the immune system, helping your body to fight the intruder. 
Pharmaceutical antibiotics are non-selective, which means they kill the beneficial, friendly bacteria in your bowel along with the bad bacteria in your body/gut. Fortunately herbs do not kill the good bacteria in your bowel as their anti-bacterial effect comes from improving your body’s natural responses to invading bacteria.

When you recover from an illness herbs will help the immune system to be in a better shape than before the illness, so that you feel healthier and more energised than before. Instead after a course of Pharmaceutical antibiotics people complain often that they feel tired and because their immune system is suppressed they are more susceptible to the next virus that comes along. When children under the age of two have had Pharmaceutical antibiotics they tend to have a higher chance of having a negative reaction to Vaccinations.  The safety guidelines by Merck Pharmaceuticals for the MMR Vaccine: ProQuad state that ProQuad should not be administered to certain individuals, including those with any of the following: a immunodeficient condition or those receiving immuno-suppressive therapy (such as antibiotics). For more information please go to:
https://www.merckvaccines.com/CustomerLetterPQD_0307.pdf
and
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/101/3/383.

Herbs are also beneficial for bowel function. Whether you have diarrhoea or constipation, there are herbs that can encourage the tissue to tighten or relax or for people who alternate there are herbs that regulate the bowel movements and tone the tissue.

Herbs have also proven to be helpful in:
*  arthritic conditions by improving the blood supply to the joints and oiling the
    joints
*  alkalising the system 
*  help improve kidney function
*  calming the nervous system
*  assisting the respiratory system