Do you take prescription medicine from "big pharma," or do you tend to trust supplements, herbs, and alternative medicine more?

I use both. I have a chronic mental illness, and nothing is proven effective against it more than the pills prescribed by my psychiatrist who certainly isn’t giving me St. John’s wort.

However, for the common cold, I’ve found nothing works better for me than a mixture of Chinese herbs called yin chiao.

What do you take for what ails you?

Do you trust Western medicine or the alternative varieties?