"Capitalism charging a fortune to cure you? With stuff that has scary side effects?"
"Have no fear! Now you can buy a bunch of shit that doesn't work, from us! We're also unregulated as fuck so who knows if this stuff messes up your kidneys."
The worst thing, and anyone who had parents who fell for these scams growing up will know this, is parents who will try to 'cure' their neurodivergent kids with rat butt herb or whatever. Have fun spending your formative years incorrectly medicated!
Sure, yes I know there are natural medicines that work for certain things. But the industry as a whole is so gross and predatory. Every so often they'll 'discover' some ancient remedy so they have something new to market. Selling crystals and sage to very ill people who need real treatment. Exploiting sick people who are desperate for a cure is low as hell and I'm surprised (but not surprised) that they can just sell things that do not do the thing they say they do.
On top of that I'm so tired of people telling me "oh I know someone who was cures of that by doing x thing" god forbid there is a new diet fed.
I have done everything I have supposed to. I have eaten right, exercised, etc. Some how I still have disabilities! Who knew!
I will say, I don't think people should blame people who get caught up in this stuff. I have been to so many doctors' offices that i've got more pictures of what my insides look like than outside, and I'm very lucky that I've had some good doctors in my life to know that they are not all shit and you have to stand up for yourself and keep looking to find good ones.
Depending upon area and circumstances, there are many people who don't get good doctors. Hell, I had an appointment today and despite my current doctor being absolutely amazing, I still have horrible anxiety going to doctors' offices anymore, cause i'm so used to it turning into a shit show of some asshole telling me that my pain isn't real.
God forbid you attach intersectionality to it. You can walk into a room and if you have a shit bigoted doctor you are going to get "I hate you as a person" disorder.
The natural health industry is a byproduct of this. Very much a they sell us the poison and then sell us more poison and claim it's a cure. A lot of people are desperate and have nothing else and are grasping at anything.