Now you can use medical herbs and other natural remedies to prevent and treat a range of illnesses including throat and ear infections, sinusitis, skin problems, digestive disorders, cystitis and allergies.Antibiotics can save lives. Used incorrectly, they can wreck lives. This book shows you how to protect yourself can from infections, and explains how recurrent courses of antibiotics can lead to recurring bacterial, viral, or yeast infections. Leon Chaitow explains how we can strengthen our immune systems and prevent the longer-term effects of antibiotics using herbs such as echinacea and goldenseal vitamin and mineral supplements, acidophilus and other "friendly" bacteria. He includes a 3-day infection-fighting fast and anti-candida diet.In additions to the latest self-help remedies, the book provides a chilling insight into today's quick-fix drug route to health, the perils of inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions, and the use of antibiotics in animal and fish farming which have led to the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria -- the "superbugs".