Herbal Medicine By Ken Shorey

Herbal Medicine is the use of botanicals (plants) either alone
or in combination to prevent and treat certain ailments and
illnesses. Singularly or in combination, the numbers of herbs
available is astounding. There are over a half million known
herbs that could be used as possible remedies.

Herbal remedies around the globe vary in strength from very
mild, gentle remedies that we even use as food, to potential
poisons if taken at the wrong dose. The old adage that, "an
ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" could not be more
true. This is especially true when it comes to natural remedies.


People native to different geographical locations have long
used plants and plant extracts to cure specific maladies.

Sometimes the use of herbs is referred to as "folk" medicine.
Folk use of herbal remedies is familiar to all of us in some
form or another, because this is how these remedies are
learned. Remedies and recipes for herbal teas are handed down
from generation to generation and are still remembered and used
to this day. Unfortunately, that is what fuels the fire of the
scientific community and their disdain. It really is their
loss, because generations of experience and knowledge should
not be so readily dismissed. In fact, many of our modern
medicines have their roots in herbal medicine.

With all our so-called advancements in the medical field, its
interesting that physicians are still treating "effect" rather
than "cause."

Thankfully, the current changes in the world toward traditional
remedies is changing for the better.


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