I can relate to your story, I was brought up with herbs. My mom had 2 friends who knows the right herbal mixture for any common illness. It got to a time when I was no longer bother by the smell or taste of herbs.

Herbs are very potent but can not be depended on because not all can be prescribed for specific ailments. Besides, herbs cannot be used to cure some life threatening diseases. Traditional physicians only have a shallow knowledge about science and the human body, so it would be impossible to have solutions for all manner of diseases.