What You Always Wanted to Know About Herbs
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What is an Herb?
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What is an Herb?
The word herb as used in herbal medicine, means a plant or plant part that is used to make medicine, food flavors (spices), or aromatic oils for soaps and fragrances.   An herb herb can be a leaf, a flower, a stem, a seed, a root, a fruit, bark or any other plant part used for its medicine, food flavoring or fragrant property.
There are an estimated 250,000 to 500,00 plants on the earth today ( the number varies depending on whether subspecies are included)  Only about 5,000 of these plants have been extensively studied for their medicinal applications,
Consider that 121 prescription drugs come from only ninety species of plants and that 74 % of these were discovered following up native folklore claims, one would think there may be more jackpots out there”
In general herbal medicines work in much the same way as do conventional pharmaceutical drugs, i.e., via chemical makeup.  They contain a large number of naturally occurring chemicals that have biological activity.

Herbal Medicine has most to offer when used to facilitate healing in chronic ongoing problems. By skillful selection of herbs for the patient , a profound transformation in health can be effected with less danger of side effects inherent in drug based medicine

The Healing Art of Herbalism

has grown out of millions of personal healing experiences over centuries before the advent of medical technology.  Herbal remedies that resulted in cures were recognized, remembered and gradually categorized by the great schools of herbal healing.  They were recorded by Egyptian medicine, Indian Ayurveda, traditional Chinese medicine and Japanese Kampo:  the teachings of Hippocrates: and the native healing systems of Africa, Australia and the America’s.
At a time when Traditional medicine has made some of the greatest advances, herbs once again are becoming popular among the developed world.  Striving to stay healthy in the face of chronic stress, population, and the re-emergence of infectious disease, more and more people are taking charge of their health with herbs.  The special gift that herbal medicine offers is the restoration of control to the individual.  Herbs can and should be used with conventional medicine,  providing just the right amount of help for the body to regain its balance after an assault by disease.
Herbal Medicine has an ageless ability to improve the condition of the whole person and can be wisely used to help anyone achieve a better state of health.

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