Do you believe on herbal medicines?

We still use some herbal medicines in some places here in my country, as I believe even scientists and doctors now use some of it's wonders. I think it's their category of use is what's differentiate them from one another, with proper information and labeling is one important. Advertisements are somehow exaggerated, since they want to gather consumers' atention. So it's better to check the label, the producer and consult the some professional to help you understand more about the medicine's real purpose..

There are herbs that are used for supplementary purposes, others which are taken for medicinal purposes and others to help for preventing such diseases.

Herbal medicines have been in use for many centuries ago. The Chinese were the prominent users of these herbs as natural therapies for common illnesses. Today, herbal medicines have been promoted to have cured diseases. But let us be aware that there are also counterfeits for these products. That's why the Bureau of Food and Drugs is reminding everybody to buy only the products approved by them, although most herbals are said to have NO THERAPEUTIC CLAIMS. There are medical doctors who even prescribe the use of some herbal meds while some do not believe on these products. It is only us the users of these herbals who could claim that they alleviated our condition or not. Researches and studies are still ongoing to further test the curative efficacy of these herbal products.

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Herbal remedies DO work, but I do believe some herbal products you can buy are ineffective. The best way to use herbs is when they are harvested fresh, just before flowering, not pre-packaged in a bottle. It is best to consume herbs fresh because all of the enzymes, anti-oxidants, vitamins, minerals and plant proteins are intact. You have to really do your research when buying herbal remedies because a lot of them have been processed, which destroys many if not all the healing properties of plants. (Though this is not true in ALL herbs and plants, and herbal remedies.) MOST of these delicate plant compounds become destroyed once you alter the plant in any way. The best way to use herbs is fresh out of the garden.

You should treat herbs like any other medicine. Do your research, and be wise. Natural medicine is getting to be big business, so you have to be wary of how companies are going to sell their products to you. Natural remedies aren't considered a health product, so they aren't subjected to the same testing as over-the-counter and prescription drugs. Also, they aren't subject to the same advertising standards as medicine is...which means advertisers can say a lot more baloney about their herbal remedies and get away with it. That's why I advise to really know your herbs and don't believe everything the advertisers tell you!

well i do. well some of the herbs is now used here locally and converted into tablets form and sold here in pharmacies nationwise. well there are only few. well most are just herbs in natural form. well i think they are proven cure or treatment. well i have some knowledge since it is also popular here. well we have a local market to buy herbal medicines. though the chinese has more herbal medicines than filipinos. and chinese has different herbal medicines from us.

I do believe in herbal medicine and think is gonna be now a huge boom again.Although herbal medicine was using for so many years today word is coming back to the nature and trying to use everything organic.I am still using some herbal medicine, but you also have to be wise with buying this product.Herbs consist a lot of good stuff for our body, like vitamins, anitoxidants and other things, but the most important things is herbs have to fresh.After proccessing they lose their affect and don't think they are gona do any difference.

When I was pregnant with my second child I went to an herbologist and they told me that the medicine my Ob was giving me to help with my nausea was going to kill my baby. I was livid to say the least. My doctor who I trust entirely was not going to kill my baby and I think that the herboligist was out of line for saying so. The herbologist was telling me to stop taking my meds and follow his orders and I would be better off. I left the store and never returned.

When they send herbologist to school for 8 years then I will take them seriously.

Yes i do. I take Black Cohosh for my hot flashes and an herbal blend for my nerves and sleeplessness. When I have a cold i immediately buy ehcinacea it helps build the immune system and helps speed the healing process. there are so many, in European countries there are a lot of herbs that are prescribed frequently for numerous conditions our government tends to want us to be on man made chemicals instead of natural medicine. makes you wonder doesn't it?

For me, everything what comes from the nature is good ... though the Advertising of tv enlarge everything... I do not believe that they lie ... but many of these Advertising must not be effective...
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Whenever I went to the dentist, he always recommended I use a few drops of "salbei" dissolved in water and it always helped to get things in control. I never knew what "salbei" was until one day that I discovered that it was sage! A friend of mine visiting from Australia needed to go to the doctor because of a sore throat and again they prescribed doing a hot gargle with "salbei" and the problem quickly disappeared. I had always used sage in the kitchen, but I had no idea that it also had medicinal properties!

I guess for me it depends on what kind of disease and how severe it is.

Herbal medicines have been around for centuries. Ancient Chinese civilization have been using it. Be sure to ask your doctors first before you take these medicines.