Lay persons and even doctors, often underestimate the effect of herbal remedies in clinical situations. Although herbs are supposed to be gentle on the body, it does not necessarily follow that they will have only a slight action. On the contrary, sometimes herbs can have a very QUICK and a very INTENSE action.

Doctors on this forum will appreciate when I compare this action to that of a prescription drug that is administered subliminally. For instance, Colocynthis can stop abdominal colic within minutes, Ephedra vulgaris reduces bronschospasm in asthma as fast as or even faster than salbutamol does, Apis reduces hives and urticaria immediately and so on.

On the other hand, some herbs act slowly on the body and give their result only with long-term use.

Herbs need to be studied in the modern, scientific way. It then becomes easy for doctors of all disciplines to use them in accordance with their own diagnostic and therapeutic norms.

I have undertaken the task of traveling all over India and talking to doctors about this. As I am an allopathic doctor myself, I am presently addressing forums of allopathic doctors, hoping it will accelerate the use of herbs, scientifically.