Herbal medicine has been used for thousands of years across different cultures as food and medicine. Recently, the World Health Organization estimated that 80% of people worldwide rely on herbal medicines for some part of their primary health care.
Herbal medicine is the use of whole plant parts (using a plant’s seeds, berries, roots, leaves, bark, or flowers) to work on a person’s body, mind and energy.
By using whole plant parts, a Herbalist (Phytotherapist) uses the natural ability of the plant constituents to work together synergistically to create a therapeutic effect. The person is treated as a whole.
-Herbs can be used to prevent illness, strengthen the body’s systems and support the body’s ability to heal itself.
-Herbal medicine can also work well as a complementary treatment alongside allopathic medicine.
–Herbal medicine facilitates balance in the body and allows the body’s natural healing abilities to function better, complimenting the Access Bars and BodyTalk modalities.
-Herbal medicine is easily recognised and used by the body as it is a natural product.
-Like BodyTalk, herbal medicine does not only treat the symptoms but also addresses the root cause of the body being out of balance.
-Whole herbal preparations are a gentle way of healing the Nervous System, Muscular Skeletal System, Immune System, Digestive System, Integumentary System, Lymphatic System, Cardio-vascular System, Endocrine System, Urinary System and Reproductive System.
Herbal medicine is used to treat many conditions, such as:
- Allergies
- Asthma
- Eczema
- Premenstrual syndrome
- Fibromyalgia
- Migraine
- Menopausal symptoms
- Chronic fatigue
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Natural immunity
- Stress
- Insomnia etc.