Medicinal Herbs
Medicinal Herbs
Medicinal Herbs & Fighting Cancer
Herbal Medicine
Herbal medicine refers to the use of a different parts from plants such as: roots, berries, bark, leaves, or flowers as natural medicine. Long practiced outside of conventional medicine, herbalism is taking its place once again in the treatment and prevention of disease.
How do herbs help the body?
Each day, millions of Americans take medication for high blood pressure, sleep aids, antidepressants, aspirin, decongestants, and many other over-the-counter or prescribed medications. However more than 160, 000 Americans die from taking the wrong prescriptions or they suffered from serious side effect of the drugs. In the United States it is ironic that we take more prescription drugs than other countries, yet we live shorter lives. In Europe and Asia the use of herbs is much higher, herbs are used as the first line of defense against adverse health conditions instead of the more invasive medical treatments.
History of herbal medicine?
Long before recorded history, plants were used for medicinal purposes. Writings by ancient Chinese and Egyptians educated us today of the uses of herbal remedies. Herbs have been successfully used since the beginning of time but in the 19th century scientists began to extract and modify the active ingredients of herbs. Chemists began to make their own version of plant compounds, going from raw herbs to synthetic pharmaceutical products. Even with the use of pharmaceutical drugs, 80% of the world’s population still rely on herbal medicines as part of their primary health care.
How does herbal medicine work?
Herbal supplements continue to be used today for a wide variety of reasons. The most important of these reasons, of course, is that herbs work. The key to using herbs is to choose the correct herbs. It is also important to use organic herbs that are less than 6 months old. Herbs contain many healing constituents that the body understands and they invoke a healing response from the body. Herbs are full of nutrients, vitamins and healing properties allowing the body systems to fight by strengthening the immune system. Whole herbs contain many ingredients that work together to produce the correct medicinal effect
FIGHTING CANCER NATURALLY
There is no single answer, many things need to change in order to fight cancer and bring us back to good health. However, a positive first step after being diagnosed with cancer is to seek qualified holistic care.
In the past four years I have witnessed too many people suffer with cancer. Their healing regiment is the standard protocol, the “one size fits all approach”. When a person is first diagnosed they are usually inundated with herbal suggestions from well-meaning family and friends, or from unqualified people.
What I have found is that none of this works. Each person is so individual; cancer attacks differently, cancer reacts differently, cancer manifests differently, therefore there is NO standard protocol to fight cancer.
The most solid and stable way to place the body in a healing position is to find out what is needed for each individual. In other words, what works best for each person and their unique health situation.
There are hundreds of medicinal herbs, nutrients and foods, the key is finding the correct combination that works for you!
Many herbs, supplements and even foods can interfere with medication and other treatments. To regain health, it is important for medicine, herbs, foods and supplements to work in harmony.