Looking For A Safe, Natural, Effective Alternative To Costly Drugs?
 
The effective use of herbal,natural medicine in treating almost everything from minor wounds to major diseases has been well-documented throughout the ages. Native people from Asia and Africa primarily use them for treatment, Chinese medicine is popular for using them, and even Native Americans were known to use natural healing techniques to care for their sick.

In the Western world, however, medical science has initially shunned the use of herbal/natural medicines and other forms of natural healing in treating illnesses. We have always prided ourselves in being "civilized" and deem ourselves better informed and experienced in curing diseases and treating illnesses than other cultures. Even if other, non-traditional methods have proven themselves effective and practical, we prefer to use more traditional methods and medicines in our homes, hospitals and clinics.

But is it really true that we have no need for herbal/natural medicines? If you answered yes, think again. You might have already used herbs or herbal medicines without even knowing it. Most people today still believe that herbal/natural medicine has no place inside a modern hospital. Little do they know that herbs have been used by medical science even before the discovery of penicillin.

Have you ever thought about how that tablet or capsule that you're taking for your fever was made? Did you ever think about the main ingredient used in making that antacid you've been using for your ulcers? The odds are good that the main ingredients come from plants. Yes, scientists have been using potent chemicals extracted from plants to create the medicines that we use today. Be it antacids, painkillers, or anything else, chances are that the main ingredient came from medicinal plants or herbs.

Natural healing is making a comeback, and it looks like it's here to stay. Doctors have tried and seen the effectiveness of alternative treatments on patients; treatments such as acupuncture, aromatherapy, and herbal medicines, just to name a few. They have been used for almost everything, from calming stressed-out nerves to reducing pain.

Herbal medicines are now packaged in capsule and tablet form to make them more appealing to consumers. Years ago people had to boil herbs in pots and drink the broth. Even now there are still some countries which do exactly that. But today, patients can take advantage of the wide selection of herbal /natural medicines for an extensive variety of illnesses and conditions. There are herbal medicines for ulcers, arthritis, rheumatism, and hypertension. If you want, you can also get appetite suppressors and fat burners for the diet and weight-conscious.

These are just a few of the many ways that herbal medicines can help you and your health. As with all other medicines, however, you have to exercise proper caution and common sense in taking herbal medicines. Several of them can be taken safely without the need for prescription, but it is still recommended to consult the advice of a physician before taking any medication, natural or otherwise.
There are other tecniques, exercises, treatments that do not fit into the catagory of traditional medicine that are very effective including:
 
Acupunture:
According to Traditional Chinese medicine, there are more than 2,000 acupuncture points on the human body.
Aromatherapy:Use of essential oils found in plants can be used to enhance one's health in a wide variety of areas.
Ayurveda:Ayurveda (meaning the "Science of Life") is said to be the oldest and most complete medical system in the world.
Chiropractic:Chiropractic is founded on the principle that elimination of nerve interference will allow the body to perform at its optimum.
Homeopathy:Homeopathy uses natural remedies to boost the body's own healing ability. Although it was first described by Hippocrates 2,500 years ago.
Massage:Massage was first practiced in China, over 5000 years ago, and was well known to the physicians of ancient Greece.
Naturopathy:There have always been people who understood that healing will occur naturally in the human body, if it is given what it truly needs.
Reflexology:Once considered as a useful therapy by the ancient Egyptians, Reflexology may best be described as a specialized form of massage but much more!
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