> The fact that certain "natural" supplements mimic the pharmacodynamics of existing drugs is nothing new. This can also be viewed from the opposite end: > Th

> The fact that certain "natural" supplements mimic the pharmacodynamics of existing drugs is nothing new. This can also be viewed from the opposite end: > The fact that certain "drugs" mimic the pharmacodynamics of existing natural substances is nothing new. Actually I find it more appropriate to say that the man-made substance mimics nature. People have been using natural remedies for thousands of years. Oetzi the Iceman carried a piece of Fomes Fomentarius 5,000 years ago, a fungus that apparently was used as a diuretic in Indic folk medicine: https://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/dec2001.html https://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/dec2001.html I have no reason to believe that it did not work.