Herbalism

Herbalism, or the use of plants as medicine has been used across the world for many thousands of years. Many synthetic medicines are based on plants, and, in fact it is estimated that at least 7000 medical compounds in modern use are derived from plants.As well as being used by shaman and ‘wise women’ from all cultures, animals also use the medicinal properties of plants as they intuitively seek out the appropriate plants when they are sick.Always use a qualified herbalist as some plants are very toxic and other normally ‘safe’ plants can react to or affect other medical treatments.Treatment can take many forms and herbs are administered in a number of ways including, tinctures, elixirs, infusions, inhalations and topical applications such as compresses.In recent years there has been a huge upsurge in interest in herbal medicine, and nowadays nobody thinks twice about using tea tree oil as an anaesthetic or evening primrose to help PMT