We have come to believe here in the West that medications are our only option and remedies found in nature mere snake oil. But with big pharmaceutical companies shamelessly trying to make a buck at every turn, it's important we remember that, long before these pills came to be, people were surviving naturally, utilizing hundreds of years of collected knowledge.

The overuse of antibiotics has reached an all-time high, and the results of this uncontrolled experiment are, quite frankly, alarming. Drug-resistant bacteria and "superbugs" are evolving faster than scientists can keep up with, casting doubt on our future ability to fight off these bacteria.

Foods and herbs were once used on a daily basis to guard against infection and disease before the development of pharmaceutical antibiotics in the 1940s, and they continue to be used by natural enthusiasts around the world.