Herbal medicine

Monday, July 7, 2008

What is herbal medicine?
Herbalist is also known as botanical medicine, herbs or phytomedicine. With the "cabbage", herbalists as any part of a plant, which can be used for healing. A herbal part of the solution that could come from leaves, flowers, stems, seeds, roots, fruit or bark of the plant and can be used to treat wounds, abrasions, cuts and a series of conditions.

Plants: an untapped resource of healing There are about 250000 to 500000 plants today, but only about 5000 of them were examined doctor or used. Many researchers believe that plants not yet recognized for its healing powers. We can support in the future, that some herbs in May to replace some types of antibiotics and prescription drugs, as widespread treatment.

The history of herbal medicine
Herbalist is considered the oldest form of healing. Herbs have been used in most traditional cultures and have an extraordinary influence on many systems of medicine, with many other prescription drugs by trees, shrubs or herbs.

Written documents of Native Americans, Roman, Egyptian, Persian and Hebrew cultures show that herbs were used to cure virtually every disease known. The history of herbal medicine, is a part of the history of the same herbal medicine and heard about Europe from the Middle East during the Crusades.

Herbalist worldwide In the United States and Australia, herbs were the only form of treatment available to pioneers and settlers in new areas and herbal preparations were still many doctors as the level of medicine for 1930.

Although as "alternative" or "complementary" in most Western countries, herbal medicine remains the only form of general medicine, available for most of the world's population.

How does herbal medicine?
Herbs contain a large number of chemicals in nature (ingredients), any kind of biological activity. Herbs work in a similar way for many pharmaceutical preparations and that is what makes the debate between the more conventional and alternative medicine practitioners.

Herbalist is most useful when it comes to treatment of chronic, ongoing conditions. There are no quick-fix treatments herbal remedies like herbal take indirectly in blood and target organs, and then reach their destination slower than traditional pharmaceutical preparations, which may have a more direct route like ' injection. This is not the case with all herbs, especially if they are taken in large quantities.

The role of herbalists Erboristerie believe that herbs should be used in its complete form for the balance of components used in the establishment. They believe that herbs can be very effective in treating many conditions, but without the unwanted side effects, often in traditional pharmaceutical treatments. However, it should be clear that herbs can be very powerful and, if used properly, can lead to very powerful negative effects.
Consult a Herbalist
You should always a first training Herbalist herbal remedies. Erboristerie are trained to know how to mix remedies to specific conditions and symptoms and how much should be taken and for how long. They also aim to treat the person as a whole, entire plant drugs to stimulate the body of the healing process capacity. Herbs are elected for the person and for the treatment of illness or their condition.
Types of herbal remedies
Herbal remedies are available in different forms:

Bathrooms with herbs; Herb capsules; Herb compressed; Douches herbs; Extracts of herbs; Herbs plants; vegetable oils; Impacchi of herbs and plaster; Ointments herbal; Tisane; Tisane; Ointments herbal; Decoctions herbs; Herbs wraps.

Today, herbal medicine sector is booming and a large therapeutic healing technology.

If the herbal medicine Herbalist offers remedies for almost every disease that all systems of the body. Common conditions of visa herbalists include:
Problems such as skin psoriasis, acne and eczema; Digestive problems such as peptic ulcers, colitis, irritable bowel syndrome and indigestion and heartburn; Cardiovascular diseases such as angina, high blood pressure, varicose veins and ulcers and gynecological diseases, such as premenstrual syndrome and menopause problems.

Other conditions are: Arthritis; Insomnia; Stress and nervous conditions; Migraine and headache; upper respiratory tract infections; Cold & Flu, and allergic reactions such as hay fever and asthma.