I would call lithium a drug ...not a supplement.
And herbs are "little drugs" not supplements.
A supplement IMO is a vitamin or nutritional substance the body is supposed to consume in the diet and is not. So one supplements it.
Alternative medicine is not all supplements. Medicinal herbs contain substances that are not in the diet as a rule. In fact many of our drugs today come from herb sources.
Vit C we consume in foods containing it. If we don't we supplement it.
Now I am confused about the original question posted here. I responded thinking supplements referred to dietary ones.
I'd like to clarify here that I do not believe lithium or Cordyceps
is a "supplement" in the true sense of the word.
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