Herbal Practice’s
Since the beginning of recorded history, there has been documented evidence of Herbal Remedies and natural Traditional Healing practices.
Plants, roots, and trees have had an important role in the traditional lore of ancient cultures for over 5000 years.
It is estimated that 70–95% of the population in developing countries continue the use of traditional medicines.
Even in today’s modern world.
In addition to the use as food, many spices, plants, and herbs as well as, some roots or tree bark have also been utilized as medicinal relief for various illnesses and conditions.
There has been the practice of Traditional Healing with the wide use of herbs being mixed into healing compounds.
These medicinal mixtures of various herbal remedies were to be used while healing various ailments such as headache, nausea, and natural sleep remedies.
The Gathering
The herbs were generally gathered from nearby woods and hills, the oils that were extracted from these herbs were then mixed into various natural cures.
A gathering of dandelion leaves could be utilized in both medicine or healthy diets to fight illness.
Wild strawberries or blueberries can be utilized in salads and dressing of wild game.
These all contain vitamins, nutrients and immunity boosting properties to improve health. Naturally.
You can make a self-healing tea by boiling the fresh leaves of a Stinging Nettles plant.
(! Be sure to strain tea well through cheesecloth BEFORE drinking! )
This removes the tiny needles that are released from the leaves while boiling the natural healing oils from the plant.
It should resemble a weak green tea in color. Add a spoon of Natural Honey and drink about 1/2 hour before bedtime for a relaxing, healing, soothing sleep.
You will wake up feeling refreshed with less pain and inflammation, due to the natural healing compounds and oils in the herb as well as antioxidants in the honey.
Benefits
There are awesome benefits to choosing healthy foods over sugary fat foods and they are easy to include in your daily diet.
Following a daily healthy food intake is very beneficial to healing our cardio levels, fight off colds and flu naturally.
You can maintain a healthy digestive tract by consuming healthy fiber foods and the more you practice, the better your body benefits.
There are dozens of healthy food choices that are filled with antioxidants and can help boost your autoimmune system naturally.
With a little research, you can learn to choose a healing healthy diet to enhance a healthy lifestyle.
Modern Medicine
In today’s medical environment, most doctors are becoming more open-minded to holistic & homeopathic medicine as well as the benefits that these healing practices produce to the patient and their relief.
Even though the pharmaceutical companies give their best to simulate and mix their own versions of (supplements) vitamins and nutrients, not all of these work for everyone.
Today’s supermarkets carry a wide range of local produce. Made available to assist you with the healthy diet choices we need in order to maintain certain levels of fitness and health.
Like the antioxidants in raisins, nuts, and grains or seeds.
These all boost our Omega fats, powerful cardio boosting antioxidants and detoxify our body of environmental toxins we absorb or breath in daily.
Most fruits and nuts, as well as different choices of fiber, are available at our local grocery store.
We also have the choice of organic herbs and natural healing foods. Which are cultivated within a protected growing environment called Greenhouses in order to perfect the peak growth benefits of each plant species.
This boosts the plants’ health and strength as well as the nutrients and vitamins they put out, a great benefit to our health.
Everything from fresh ginger root to chives and avocado is available for our healing benefit.
Along with our daily food and diet choices, there are some common houseplants that can be beneficial to us for various healing remedies, and cosmetic benefits as well.
(google” uses for aloe vera”).
Science & Medicine
A new trend involving the isolation of “plant active compounds” began during the early 19th century. This trend led to the discovery of multiple active compounds that can be extracted from the plant.
In the last decade, more and more new materials derived from plants have been authorized and labeled as medicines, including those with anti-cancer activity.
Cancer, in its various forms, is among the leading causes of death in men, women, and children alike worldwide.
The number of new cases is expected to rise by approximately 70% over the next two decades.
Thus, there is a real need for new efficient anti-cancer drugs with reduced side effects, and plants are a promising source for such entities.
Here we focus on some plant-derived substances exhibiting anti-cancer and chemo-prevention activity, their mode of action, and bioavailability. (We will go into further detail on this with a future article).
As research and testing continue to produce promising results towards the healing powers that these herbs and remedies are capable of.
Today, it is estimated 25–28% of all modern medicines are directly or indirectly derived from higher plants demonstrating the enormous medicinal potential of the plant.
This has been known for thousands of years in traditional medicine (Samuelsson, 2004; Chin et al., 2006). In the last decades, more and more new materials derived from plants have been authorized and subscribed as medicines.
Conclusion
Our global understanding of the healing powers of certain foods, as well as the medicinal value of various types of natural herbs, is beginning to be more widely accepted. A definite benefit to our healthcare system.
Nothing comes close to the natural healing powers of homeopathic, or holistic compounds and herbal remedies that have repeatedly proven, and continue to provide more positive traditional healing study results to this day.
(Note: always consult your doctor before trying any Herbal medicine. Mixing Natural Healing remedies w/ prescribed medications can have moderate to severe negative reactions to your health)