Medicinal herbs

Plants contain substances that affect the body. Throughout history, the Bible, the Koran, the Tamil Siddha poetry Veda and other ancient texts, the benefits of herbal medicines in the list.

There may be some effects at doses that are characteristic consumed for small cooking spices and herbs are toxic in large quantities. For example, some herbal extract from St John's wort (Hypericum perforatum) and kava (Piper methysticum) can be used for medical purposes to depression and stress. 12bet However, large quantities of these toxic plants can lead to complications causing congestion, serious and should be used with caution. Grass, called Shilajit substance may even lower blood sugar levels, which is especially important for those who suffer from diabetes. Herbs have been in traditional Chinese medicine and herbal use quotation marks in the first century AD and before the deadline.

Use of herbal medicines in Western cultures rooted in Hippocrates (Greece), to improve the system based on a few basic elements, four times as a metaphor for healing. renowned herbalist in the Western tradition is Avicenna (Arabic), Galen (Roman), Paracelsus (Swiss German), Culpepper Bent (England), and medical botany eclectic nineteenth century in America, and 20 (John Milton Scudder, Harvey Wickes Felter, John Uri Lloyd.) Modern drugs, the origin of raw medicinal plants, and so far, many drugs still part / to isolate the compounds of the herbal ingredients, and then cleaned meets pharmaceutical standards.

Some plants are used not only for food and medicinal purposes, but also violence and / or recreational cannabis plant .