Ah this is very interesting, I do believe that having a strong mind can cure ailments all by itself, even the more serious ones and I believe there is also scientific proof for this for anybody here who is into science. As for natural remedies, I would take these over the stuff the doctors prescribe most of the time, after looking through the 'side effects' on commonly available over the counter drugs and seeing stuff like blindess. I know all to well that the odds of that occuring are tiny but still.

I think it's somewhat humourous that lots of people are terrified of germs these days. We live in a world of surface cleaners, kids are told not to pick stuff up of the floor, I mean hell when I was a child and I couldnt be bothered to go back to the house for a drink I'd take a few swigs out of our several year old waterbutt in the garden and I never got ill. While people want their kids to be safe from illness, they fail to realize that the germs are just going to mutate and grow stronger but our immunity won't, then they will be in the Ninat :/ By staying away from germs we are killing ourselves but I guess it's just Nature's way of eventually weeding out the 'sterile'.

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