Daily Health Care and Medical Tips

Since the world began; humans have used plants as medicine. Today this is called ‘herbal medicine’ or ‘phyto-medicine’ and it will use all parts of plants for the production of remedies, from seeds, roots, flowers and leaves.

Although not previously considered ‘safe’ today the World Health Organization announced that 80% of the world population uses herbal medicines.

There are more than 700,000 plants suitable to be used for this purpose, but there are concerns in remote and isolated places like the Amazon rainforest may be thousands more who still could not be discovered.

In addition, these plants can be incorporated into drugs developed by the laboratories, one example is the use of the foxglove plant that is used for drugs used to treat heart disease.

For its part, the famous herb ephedra is used for 2,000 years in Chinese medicine to control disease in the airway, especially asthma. Ephedrine extract used in commercial medications for asthma.

Healing through from plants for thousands of years, it is not clear from where. We have the first records by the papyri of ancient Egypt; we also reported its use in Ayurveda in India and in traditional medicine in China.

With the advent of modern chemistry specialists began to study the chemical constituents of plants and some of them synthesized for use in drugs and different drugs.

Currently most of the herbs are sold over the counter and in the case of herbs used as dietary supplements are not regulated in the list, so we recommend that if you plan to use any herb that is not accepted consult your doctor and that can bring side effects on your health.

Herbs can be used as teas, tinctures or extracts. They can also appear in different oils or creams for external use for skin, hair and relief of various ailments.

The most common herbs used with ginkgo biloba, ginger, chocolate, flax seed oil, peppermint, chamomile, garlic.

It is very important to know that some of these herbs do come with side effects, which can cause allergies. Unfortunately, more than half of people taking herbs as medicine never consulted a professional before doing so.

While it is true that integrate natural and conventional products can be very favorable for our health we must remain aware of the benefits and disadvantages of them, and they must consult with any provider, pharmacist or medical practitioner for that purpose.

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