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  • Why Herbs Are Good Medicine

      • Posted Apr 15, 2008 6:34 PM

      Below is the beginning of an interesting article I just read on the Independent.ie website, its written by Niamh Cooper. I found it interesting because of this ["She then prescribes and prepares individually tailored herbal remedies. I leave with a concoction of organic liquid herbs sourced from the UK as nowhere in Ireland produces them and instructions to take 5mls three times a day in water. "]
      Specially after Kevin talking about fluid extracts and tinctures. To learn that in Ireland you have to buy tinctures from the UK, was an eye opener, I never realised that your couldn't buy liquid herb tinctures in Ireland!

      The article begins.....

      As long as the earth has been inhabited by man, we have used plants to cure all sorts of ailments and enhance the body's functioning.

      The earliest records of medicinal plant usage date back to the Assyro-Babylonians and the Egyptians around 1550BC.

      Later, the Greek philosopher Aristotle and the father of modern medicine, Hippo-crates, developed systems of medicine using herbs.

      Today it is said that 25% of prescription drugs and 60% of over-the-counter medication are produced from plant elements. For example, aspirin is derived from willow bark and morphine from opium poppy.

      "A plant, being a perfection expression of nature, represents balance," says master herbalist Christine McQuillan. "For deep, thorough healing to take place in a body, it requires the combination of elements as found in plants as they are found in naturally in the wild."

      The complete article can be read here... Why herbs are good medicine

      Debs

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