Herbal remedies - medicines obtained exclusively from plant materials: herbs , whole plants or their extracts . Herbal remedies are used to treat diseases and as prophylactic agents. Currently, more than five hundred types of medicinal herbs are used for the production of herbal remedies. .
Content
- 1 Action
- 2 Use in medicine
- 3 Characteristic features of herbal remedies
- 4 See also
Action
Herbs and combinations of herbs can reduce the severity and volume of damage to various organs and tissues, increase human immunity . The way the phytopreparation affects the human body is determined by the composition of the active substances in the plants on the basis of which it was created ( alkaloids , glycosides , essential oils , tannins , etc.).
Herbal medicine treatment - herbal medicine is one of the main means used by traditional medicine . Most medical specialists, however, are confident that self-medication with medicinal herbs may be unsafe for health - plants and the substances contained in them have not only medical indications, but also serious contraindications.
The action of many medicinal herbs can be so strong that an overdose can be dangerous, even fatal. Indeed, competently make a herbal collection (herbal medicine), and also determine the required dosage can only be a qualified specialist in herbal medicine - a herbalist.
The full effect can often be achieved only with the right combination of herbal remedies and drug treatment. Some herbal remedies are able, in particular, to prevent and eliminate complications that are possible when taking hormonal drugs, chemotherapy and antibiotics .
Medical Use
Herbal remedies are effective in the treatment of diseases such as bronchial asthma , heart failure , algodismenorrhea , hypertension , duodenal ulcer , chronic pneumonia and many other serious diseases.
Characteristics of herbal remedies
- slow development of the therapeutic effect;
- moderate effect;
- oral or external use.
Herbal remedies show high efficiency as a method of rehabilitation therapy after a number of diseases suffered by the patient .
See also
- Dietary supplement