backwards medicine

“The symptoms we get during a viral illness are often the body's attempt to get rid of the virus and to minimize damage. Sneezing ejects the virus from the nose, cough from the lungs and throat, vomiting from the stomach, and diarrhea from the intestines. Fever makes it difficult for the virus to reproduce.” -Dr. Greene (https://www.drgreene.com/author/drgreene/)

So...why do we medicate by suppressing the body’s mechanisms for fighting infection? It seems backward and counterproductive. Why not treat the body to encourage these “symptoms” to work faster and optimally so that our body removes the infection and it does not become something worse later on. You cannot beat a river into submission. You must go with the current and use its power as your own. That is real medicine and a real understanding of the body.