Your self awareness is appreciable. Firstly overprescribing antibiotics is dangerous, though I suspect you know this. Secondly, your comment on evidence based

Your self awareness is appreciable. Firstly overprescribing antibiotics is dangerous, though I suspect you know this. Secondly, your comment on evidence based medicine is a little ironic considering that is the mind trap of established practice you are trying to escape. Take the use of Manuka honey for instance. I now swear by the stuff as a treatment for healing open wounds. I’m not sure if there is enough science here, though by personal experience it treats burns, cuts, and skin abrasions excellently (I no longer use hydrogen peroxide or triple antibiotic ointment as I was raised.) I cannot speak toward your particular circumstance as health is so complex an issue, though there is much to consider regarding preventative and conscientious self treatment strategies (like purifying one’s diet, or changing self care practices.) there are some problems which simply must be treated “with a knife” though it is surprising how much we can learn to live with in productively accommodating ways. As for your struggles to adapt, you’re right to want to think for yourself, and to be as well educated as modernity allows (which includes looking to the past as tradition is not wise to ignore.)