this is interesting and thought provoking to me personally, as we gaze at natural medicines,that Native American Indians are familiar with, and skillfull at using. When we compare the medicinal herbal usage of more primitive peoples, to the over-the- counter Pharmicudicals of modern society - we must not be too quick to condemn our modern society !

Penicillin is also derived from a growing plant fungus,
but it could NOT save lives without our modern society chemists so ingeniously making a life-saving PILL out of this penicillin fungus plant.This is the good news. The bad news,is, I suppose, that all too often pharmicudical
companies push potent plant concocted medicines on people, that...

this is interesting and thought provoking to me personally, as we gaze at natural medicines,that Native American Indians are familiar with, and skillfull at using. When we compare the medicinal herbal usage of more primitive peoples, to the over-the- counter Pharmicudicals of modern society - we must not be too quick to condemn our modern society !

Penicillin is also derived from a growing plant fungus,
but it could NOT save lives without our modern society chemists so ingeniously making a life-saving PILL out of this penicillin fungus plant.This is the good news. The bad news,is, I suppose, that all too often pharmicudical
companies push potent plant concocted medicines on people, that are Dangerous for them.
But even in nature there are plenty of dangerous and poisenous plants, Including marijuana, which like
wine, can indeed be dangerous, as any intoxicant can be. Of course, just crossing the street can be dangerous. It is this dangerousness about life in general that challenges us to be carefull in the midst
of an often chaotic and unpredictable world, Poisen oak, and poisen ivy are two plants to be avoided.