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Herbology

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Throughout the history, plants have been used as the major source of medical treatments all over the world. Even today plants are an important source for production of medicinal drugs. The Europeans and Mediterraneans referred to plants that were used for medicine as “herbs”. Today the term herbs refer to any part of a plant used for flavoring or medicine. As such, the herbs could be a bark, flower, fruit, leaf or root of any plant, while herbology refers to the science & art of using plants for their healing properties. In US, the FDA classifies herbs as foods when no claims are made for them to treat, mitigate, prevent or cure any diseases. The herbs are regulated as medicine if any medicinal claims are made. Herbalists work towards strengthening body’s own healing abilities by using herbs nutritionally to cleanse, nourish and let the body heal itself. Herbs contain numerous organic elements & minerals that will support body’s natural functions

Herbs are typically administered either orally or applied externally. The modern herbologists often try first to initiate a detoxification of body systems and thereby create the internal environment for the body to start its own healing. After the initial detox, nutritive herbs can be used to provide the body with the tools it needs to start the healing process. Herbs have an energetic aspect that is well defined in Chinese as well as in Indian Ayurvedic medicine. In this context, many herbs are used in homeopathy which is mostly an energetic self-healing system

Herbs functions are similar to food. They supply the body with energy just as food does. Just as food contains certain vitamins, minerals etc., so do herbs, and therefore both need to be used wisely & responsibly otherwise they can do more harm than good.

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Homeopathy

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Homeopathy is based on the principle that substances which cause symptoms of an imbalance at an overdose, will counteract the same imbalance when taken in extremely minute dose by stimulating the body’s natural healing systems. This principle was coined “like cures like” and thus the word homeopathy( homoios=similar, pathos=suffering ). Hippocrates (4th century B.C.) talks about this as “similars are healed by similars.”  Instead of trying to suppress symptoms of an imbalance in the body, homeopathy assists the body’s own immune system to deal with it. In this context the homeopathy looks at symptoms positively, messages from the body of some malfunction- for example raising the body temperature to deal with infections- and so it would not be wise to go after these “messages” rather than the malfunction itself

In homeopathy the more an original substance is diluted, the more potent the end result will become. Homeopathy is also person & symptoms specific, as no two people are the same. Homeopathic remedies are matched to each person unique characteristics.  It is very important to select a homeopathic remedy whose characteristics match all or most of the symptoms a person displays, by observing the very small differences that one person has to another.

Today almost 1/3 of France’s family doctors prescribe homeopathic products. In Britain over 40% of physicians refer patients for homeopathic treatment. Throughout Europe homeopathy is widely used. In US the homeopathic remedy manufacturing is strictly regulated by FDA.

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