During the last ten years or so, a major collection of data on using herbal remedies to treat health-related problems has been made available to the general public. International access to the World Wide Web is, in large part, the reason more people are able to learn more about herbs and their uses. There has been an increase in recent years of people taking more control of their health care. The incentives for doing so are numerous. Of course there has been equal resistance and often conflict between established Western medicine and natural medicine. Regardless of the conflict between natural medicine and established medical practices, many people prefer to treat themselves, and their family members, with herbs. In this report, we will talk about some of the reasons there are so many advantages to using herbal treatments.