It’s about herbs. It’s about health. It’s about life.
Just imagine, when our ancestors thousands of years ago got sick, they could only heal with herbs, plants, roots, and fungi that were around them.
They had to spend a great deal of time trying different herbs and studying their effects, all done by trial and observation. That knowledge was then passed from generation to generation.
About 5,000 years ago, ancient Mesopotamians (present day Iraq) first documented herbs as a form of medicine.
The modern drugs in the form of pills and tablets arrived later. In 19th century still curious about the secret healing nature of plants, humans could finally use powerful microscopes to understand how plants work. We later could extract some of those healing properties into tablets and pills - what we now know as medicine.
The modern pharmaceutical (pharma) medicine takes some healing properties from plants and amplifies them. This way a pill has just one or a few very specific properties of a plant. Plants have hundreds of such healing properties affecting us in ways, we haven't completely learned.
The arrival of modern medicine is a very exciting breakthrough, which added decades to our life spans! Modern drugs let us live longer and happier, recover faster, and grow stronger.
But let's not forget the distant, but long history of using herbs to heal and recover. For thousands of years, up until the 19th century herbs and mushrooms were our healing essences.
Medicine was created to cure serious, bad cases of illness and disease, as a last resort, and it was a great addition to existing herbal routines. It was never meant to replace the herbal practice.
But big pharma companies and businesses profit handsomely on their products, and spend tons of money on advertising. A problem we see now, though, is the growing overuse of medicine.
We use it more often than needed-to fall asleep faster, or to remove symptoms instead of looking deeper into the problems. But through symptoms our body tells us about some deeper, underlying issues.
The matter of the fact is, whether you want to protect yourself from illness or recover from one faster, whether you want to fall asleep faster or stay focused longer - there are herbs and natural remedies for all of those things and more.
There are herbs for stimulating immune system, and herbs for relaxing and sedating, and the effects are 100% natural and authentic, just as the nature intended.
I hope I could describe the overall difference between herbs and medicine, and how we can improve our daily well-being when we add some herbal tea to our diets. Herbs have been used for thousands of years, let's regain that ancient knowledge and apply it to our lives here and now. To a long and healthy life - Alexis.
Knowing that medicine here is not to replace, but complement herbs helps us look into natural ways of healing.
What do you think about adding herbs and herbal tea to your daily routines? Do you believe in the healing power of herbs?
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