What is herbal therapy and should a person undertake it as a self-help therapy?
A- NO. Herbal therapy or herbalism is basically botanical medicine. It is the use of herbs. It is using herbs, fruits and vegetables for their therapeutic or medicinal value. An herb is a plant or part of a plant for either medicinal, aromatic or savory or eating the your food. Your body takes in the chemical substances from these plants not only to aid in your diet but to you aid you in times of disease. When did this all start? It began when man started eating shrubs and how certain plants helped when certain things were going on. The world health organization estimates that about half the world’s population use some form of herbal treatment. On top of that, the pharmaceutical companies are working hard on 110-130 plants that they are making their medicines out of in some form or another. One of the frontline heart medicines comes from foxglove. They found out that you cannot break down digitalis to make something else from it or you will kill somebody. Q- What are some of the typica