Herbal Medicine

Herbal medicines act to nourish and sustain our various body systems, just as grains and vegetables do in our diet. Remedies are used to restore weakened tissues and organs, encouraging the body to heal itself. Plants are potent medicines, but unlike pharmaceutical drugs, which contain isolated chemicals (often from plants) herbal medicine uses extracts from parts of the whole plant, containing hundreds of constituents in balance with each other. This means that the active components are moderated, causing fewer side effects. Modern herbal practitioners are able to combine a sound understanding of medical science and of the chemical composition of plants with time honoured traditional experience and knowledge of herbal medicines. It can be used to treat a similar range of health problems to those you would consult your GP about.

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