What are the contributions of herbal medicines to the society?!

What are the contributions of herbal medicines to the society?

Herbalism is a respectable profession and has been for many thousands of years, it actually laid the foundations for modern medicine, botany, pharmacy, aromatherapy and chemistry, unfortunately our fascination with technology and other reasons, it was relegated to an empirical and semi-magic art.

Fortunately with our modern age of industrial advances, and new way of living full of material expectations, we have created a society with many chronic conditions, some of which were almost unknown not long ago but that now come to haunt us.

Thanks to these conditions, more and more people started seeking other ways of treating their ailments, rediscovering complementary medicine which has created the renaissance of Herbalism.

Therefore herbs, herbalists and Herbalism are now in vogue. To meet the demand of the herbal renaissance there is a growing number of highly trained, well educated herbalists.

Herbalism is both an art and a science, which has always mixed well with other treatments. Herbalism is thriving today using whole plants to treat whole people, and it is as relevant now as in the distant past, and it perhaps will be more relevant in the future now that has been re-discovered.

Herbs are not a cure all, but can be used as any other forms of medicine to treat any condition that is medically treatable. Medical Herbalism is re-establishing its relevance in our modern society as people are learning about wholeness.

Herbal medicine fits in extremely well with the new expectations as it is a healing technique in tune with nature, which always treated the client as whole individuals, considering the physical, mental and emotional health, emphasizing the uniqueness of the individual.

Medical Herbalism is not an alternative medicine, as it is not an alternative to Psychiatry, Acupuncture or Dentistry etc., they complement each other. They all have strengths and weaknesses, therefore all medical modalities are complementary within the perspective of the patients needs.

Herbalism’s contribution to the healing structure are, its strong foundations, simplicity, great depth, effectiveness and yes its cost. That is why Herbalism has and always will thrive in all cultures, for thousands of years, Herbalism has been part of the history of healing.

Herbal medicine is the oldest form of healing known. Herbalism is a common bond between the peoples and cultures of the world, Herbalism is not just the knowledge about healing plants, it is the experience and wisdom from the relationship with humans and plants. Antrophological evidence as recent as a few years ago, with the discovery of the" ice man", showed that he had medicinal herbs in his pouch, thus we can see that the ancient cultures had a great knowledge about plants and how to use them medicinally.