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Herbal medicine, sometimes herbalism, botanical medicine, or as Herbology, plant use of a wide variety of forms mentioned, for their therapeutic value. Plant production and plant chemical compounds on various body movements and to prevent or treat disease or promote health and well-being is used with. 

A brief history of herbal remedies. 

People, and even the Neanderthals, they are used in the treatment of diseases of the plants have at least ten thousand years, probably longer again. 

And use of herbs originated in China, despite the first written accounts, all other civilizations of the ancient world for their own illnesses as plants were using natural remedies. Western herbal medicine and ancient Greece famous doctors like Hippocrates and Galen are based. 

17 to 15 The most popular time for herbalism in Europe in the centuries had. Herbal medicine is still relatively today, primarily because the fact is considered harmless because of the natural are popular. 

Theory of how it works:

Herbal treatments have been around for so long, and many cultures, is believed there are many ways to work. Many explanations lie in ancient cultures thought of the mystical. Some plants look for him to treat what is available gives an indication believe; plant and full body, this physical similarity between the "Doctrine of Signatures" to be known as the treatment of heart heart-shaped facility will be used to treat problems, for example. 

The Middle Ages on, the effects observed by many practitioners have tried to classify herbal remedies. This modern scientific approach to evidence collection is closer. 

Mystical approach to the theory of Eastern herbal medicine still depends on when they contain plant materials for the West tends to use herbs, mixing and matching them to traditional medicine, no modern drugs.

 
Reliability Print E-mail
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Thursday, 28 January 2010 21:50
Safety and efficacy of alternative medicines and scientifically proven is largely unknown. Side effects also cause a number of herbs for the possibility, "adulteration, inappropriate formulation, or lack of understanding of drug interactions of plants and sometimes life-threatening or fatal adverse reactions that are thought path." Appropriate double-blind clinical trials can be recommended for use in the first medical safety and efficacy of each plant is required to determine. Many consumers, because "who believe that herbal medicines are safe natural", herbal remedies and synthetic drugs can interact, cause toxicity for the patient. Dangerous herbal medicines, herbal remedies are not established and effectiveness, they do have the drug can be used instead Corroborated activity may be contaminated. 
Purity standardization and dosing of the United States, but even as mandatory products plant species within the same properties as a result of a biochemical variation may be different.Plants against hunters or fatal adverse effects on humans may have chemical defense mechanisms. Examples of highly toxic herbs include poison hemlock and nightshade. Because the risks are well known herbs such as their public, partly in Europe, a long and colorful history, "magic" associated with the reasons, "magic and intrigue is not being marketed. Although not common, widely used reaction to herbs have been reported. Vesile serious unfortunate consequences on the grass has been linked to consumption. Important potassium depletion in patients with chronic licorice ingestion is thought. And so the plant where this may be a risk to recognize the use of licorice to avoid professional. Black cohosh liver failure in a situation that has been mixed. A small number work for pregnant women herbs and security, and a study is possible complementary and alternative medicine use was 30% lower ongoing pregnancy and live birth rate and fertility during treatment are related. because of the possible treatment plant samples negative effect relationships of events specific flavonoids, hay, Guar gum, licorice root containing herbs often legally limited ot , ayurvedic medicines, cleaners, chaparral mixture of Chinese herbs, comfrey is Aconite, inclusive, and pennyroyal. Here, in the long term negative effects, so popular among the plants that Ginseng is claimed, including a high degree of risk in trust under threat goldenseal herb, Milk Thistle, senna, which generally recommended against the rare plants use herbs for example, aloe vera juice, peel and hawthorn berry, cascara Sagrada bark,,, Valerian Palmetto and Guarana, the European Union, St John's Wort, khat, betel nut, herb Ephedra limited that have been banned kava, saw 
In addition, according to numerous well-herb and drug interactions are concerned founded.Some herbal remedies potential adverse drug interactions with various prescription and over time when used with necessary because a doctor, use of herbal medicines in consultation with,-counter drugs, just as a herbalist must notify a patient should be opening the orthodox prescriptions and other medicines for their own consumption. 
Dangerously low blood pressure has the same effect as prescription drug lowers blood pressure with a herbal drug combination may result. Effects of anticoagulants may raise some herbs.Specific cytochrome P450 as well as common fruits, herbs, a lot of obstacles critical to drug metabolism enzymes.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 02 February 2010 23:04
 
Herbalism Print E-mail
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Thursday, 28 January 2010 21:27
The use of plants and plant extracts based on herbalism medicine or a traditional folk medicine practice. Herbalism as botanical medicine, medical herbalism, herbal medicine, herbology is also known as phytotherapy. Fungi and bee products, sometimes the scope of herbal medicine as well as minerals, shells and animals is extended to include some parts. 
Many plants and other animals that people's health care in the synthesis of useful substances.Most of these compounds such as phenols or tannins instead of oxygen contains aromatics. At least that many secondary metabolites isolated 12,000, - a number estimated to total less than 10%. In most cases, substance alkaloids such as microorganisms, plant defense mechanisms against predation by insects, as, service and herbivores. Herbs and spices by people who season food yield useful medicinal compounds used for the majority. 
Despite the growing popularity of herbal medicine, safety and efficacy of alternative medicines and scientific Corroborated still largely a series of adverse effects may result bilinmemekte.Otlar considered. Also, adulteration, inappropriate formulation, or drug interactions of plants and a lack of understanding of the sometimes life-threatening or fatal adverse reaction that led to. Herbalists often best to get patients to consult them into account established risk have been trained.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 02 February 2010 23:05
 

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