Thanks. I find this entire area really interesting, but also difficult to navigate as a skeptic because it can be really difficult to separate out the valid scientifically grounded stuff from the woo that tends to permeate a lot of this stuff, and there's a lot of scientifically grounded knowledge in natural remedies that also have some big caveats that people overlook. I think about things like, e.g. licorice root tea that is natural and might be effective at what it's supposed to do, but also presents a lot of danger that proper pharmaceuticals wouldn't (or would document properly) and it makes me a bit averse to going toward whole plants first.

Still, I do appreciate the perspective. The disaster preparedness and survival enthusiast in me also tries to keep a running catalogue of natural remedies in my head just in case.