Herbal medicine is using plants and extracts of plants as remedies.
It is the oldest and purest form of medicine known to mankind. It is still the most practised form of medicine in the world today.
It is the basis for most conventional medicine, with many of todays drugs being derived, or having their origins in plants.
All herbal remedies are taken from plants.
They can be taken as pills, or in other ways, such as:
Herbal medicines can also be administered externally, as with ointments or poultices.
Herbal medicine has often been in used in the home.
Examples are:
Moderm medicinal herbalism, as practised by qualified herbalists, can treat more complex conditions, eother as an alternative or a complement to convetional medicine.
An example of this is Anthony Keidis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. He had a strain of hepatitus C, and after a long diet reccomended by a herbalist, the doctor took a test, and amazingly, the condition had gone.
Medicinal plants contain a combination of chemicals. Such as:
These chemicals exert a therapeutic and strengthening force on the body, so speeding up the healing process.
Plants with different properties combined in a presceiption to suit the individual and the condition from which they are suffering.
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