MEDICINAL PLANTS
One of the most
important uses of plants other than food purposes is medicinal.
Plants and their extracts have been used by cultures all over the world and throughout time to heal wounds, counter pain, kill bacteria, and much more. More medicines than one would expect are plant-based, either in part or fully. In fact, many modern anthropologists look to indigenous tribes for their medicinal knowledge, to aid them in the development of new medicines.
Plants and their extracts have been used by cultures all over the world and throughout time to heal wounds, counter pain, kill bacteria, and much more. More medicines than one would expect are plant-based, either in part or fully. In fact, many modern anthropologists look to indigenous tribes for their medicinal knowledge, to aid them in the development of new medicines.
Interesting
Facts About Herbal Medicine
Ø The word drug comes from the Dutch
word “droog” which means ‘dry’ or ‘to dry’ which is in reference to how ancient
healers and physicians would dry plants for use as medicines.
Ø The WHO (World Health
Organization) estimates that 80% of the world’s population uses herbal
medicine.
Ø 7,000 compounds used in modern
medicine are derived from plants.
Ø One half of all medical
schools now offer courses on alternative medicine, which includes the study of
plants as medicine.
Ø The use of herbal medicines
predates human history.
Ø The first medical schools were
based on the use of plants and herbs.
Ø After the Black Death, the use
of plants as medicines was replaced with the use of more toxic chemical
substances, like heavy metals (mercury, lead, arsenic, etc…) Especially after
the science of chemistry EVOLVED; the use of plants as medicine was replaced
with the allopathic system we see predominant in most industrialized countries.
Ø Herbs are trophorestorative,
which means they work on the deepest level to bring about vitality and healing.
It has been found, through scientific research, that plants benefit us by
actually transferring information to our bodies on a genetic level. Now, that’s what I call deep healing!
Ø Humans have evolved with herbs
and plants for hundreds of thousands of years. Using herbal medicine
brings harmony and balance back to the body, because it allows the body to
be just as responsible for the healing as the plant. Using harsh, synthetic
chemical compounds, which have only been around for a hundred years or so (and
have not usually been properly tested for long term safety), comes with the
mentality that the body is a broken machine and needs to be fixed.
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