Herbal treatments may require a longer course of treatment (e.g., 3 months) compared to antibiotics (e.g., 14 days) but are generally gentler and less toxic to mitochondria.

“Is it fair to say that you're that herbs are going to be sometimes a longer course of treatment but are hopefully going to be more easy on the person that's taking them long term. Maybe not as mitochondrial toxic, easier on the human. I'd say that's fair because if you were to come in with a heavy antibiotic, for example, doxycycan that one you hear stories all the time of people having long-term side effects from doxy. And you know what's wild is they're prescribing doxy for acne.”