Thursday, October 15, 2009


HERBAL MEDICINES - OVERVIEW

Herbal medicine is the use of plants for their therapeutic value. Herb plant produce and contain a variety of chemical compounds that act upon the body and are used to prevent or treat disease or promote heath and well being. herbal medicine is also known as botanical medicine, medical herbalism, herbology, and phytotherapy.

Traditionally, people on all continents have used thousands of indigenous plants as herbal medicine for treatment of ailments since prehistoric times. In the written record, the study of herbal medicine dates back several thousand of years ago to the ancient civilization such as Sumerians, Egyptian, Indian, Chinese, and Greek. Eastern herbal medicine dates back to a ancient Chine where the fist accounts of the use of herbs have been written during the Han Dynasty, about 2700 B.C. Western herbal medicine dates back to ancient Greece and its famous doctors like Hippocrates and Galen. In the middle ages, Avicenna wrote "The Canon Of Medicine". It's considered as the first pharmacopoeia. Several subject in this book discuss the healing properties of herbal medicine.

Nowadays, Herbal medicine are still relatively popular. In addition, many consumers believe that herbal medicines are safe because of naturally function. Research continually done to observe plant which advantage as herbal medicine. Proper double - blind clinical trials are needed to determine the safety and efficacy of each plant before they can be recommended for medical use.

As "Back to Nature" became a lifestyle, it has been increasing human interest in herbal medicine. there is a lot of variety of herbal medicine and herbal supplements that consumed by people in the word today. Packed in modern label, Herbal medicine being alternative choice for people want to care body and health.

Detox Formula, is a way to keep body health in which the herbal medicine take important part.