When most people think of treating infections, they think of antibiotics. Unfortunately antibiotics only work against bacterial infections whereas most common infections, like colds and flu, are viral. So, antibiotics aren’t at all helpful for most wintertime ailments. They’re also not effective against chicken pox, mumps, measles, shingles or herpes. The fact that modern medicine has almost no effective antiviral drugs is what makes serious viral infections like Ebola so scary.

Fortunately, the plant kingdom does have remedies that help your body fight off viral infections and these remedies largely work by enhancing your body’s immune system.

Learn more about viral infections and various herbs and supplements that can help prevent and treat them inside.