What is Botanical Medicine?
Botanical Medicine is the use of plants as medicine. Many plant substances are powerful medicines that are safe and effective when used properly. A resurgence of scientific research in Europe and Asia is demonstrating that some plant substances are superior to synthetic drugs in clinical conditions.
Botanical or plant medicine is a system of therapy, which exclusively uses plants as healing agents. Plants can include herbs, essential oils and other plant materials. Botanical medicine is the oldest form of medicine on earth and is used as the primary medicine by over 75% of the world’s population. The World health organization encourages botanical medicine because it is cheap and effective. Botanical medicine has been meeting people’s needs for thousands of years. In Germany and many parts of Europe, Botanical medicine is recognized as an important component in the total health of a person. More and more Americans are increasing their use of herbs as natural complements to drugs and drugstores medicines. There is also an enormous scientific information and research in the field of Botanical medicine especially in the aspects of safety and indications. For example, the German Commission E is the authority body in the German Health Office, which provide authoritative information on t
