Herbal Medicine in Adelaide.
At Adelaide Natural Health, we utilise the long and successful history of natural herbal medicine.
Modern western herbal medicine incorporates the knowledge and wisdom from history and across the continents. Herbal preparations today may have a combination of European, Asian and Ayuvedic plants blended together.
With technology comes greater scientific understanding of how the plants work in the body, and the ability to standardize the herb in its medicinal form.
Continuity in growing conditions and techniques, genetic variations, harvesting and methods of extracting to create the final product help to define modern herbal medicine, but the reason for using herbs or plants as medicine has not changed. The plants are our food and our food should be our medicine.
History of Herbal Medicine.
Herbal medicine has a long and successful history. It is how people of all cultures and even animals have been keeping themselves healthy since the world began.
The Egyptians from 3000BC kept lists of medicinal plants used to treat illness and from here the Greeks, such as Dioscorides and Galen, wrote books detailing the use of herbal medicine in early AD.
Other more well known cultural influences that have incorporated the healing nature of plants are the Chinese - A long history of powerful dynasties using Chinese medicine and in India, the practice of Ayuvedic medicine has an equally long history.
These traditions have been faithfully nurtured and are in use today in the form of natural medicine and modern herbal medicine.
Herbal Medicine Gets Results.
To use herbal medicine safely and effectively I recommend you seek the advice of a practitioner trained in herbal medicine.
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