Each of us once was sick or at least felt unwell, which knocked out the usual rut, changed plans, forcing us to take some measures to recover: If you were sick in childhood, you did not think about the meaning of the treatment that you were prescribed. As adults, we dutifully swallowed prescribed medicines and waited for improvement, sometimes hoping for healing from the use of herbs, infusions, folk remedies recommended by friends and acquaintances, or knocked down in pursuit of the latest "miracle cure."