Herbal treatment and culture.

Many people think of herbs as medicine used only by alternative practitioners who don not use conventional medical practices. But in fact, herbal medicines is the precursor of modern pharmacology. About one-fourth of all perception medicines come from herbs and other plants. And many physicians and researchers are taking a new look at the traditional herbal remedies.

Every society has relied on the healing power of herbs to treat illness and in some cultures, herbal medicines still prevails. Traditional Chinese and ayurvedic practitioners, for example continue to use ancient herbal remedies, although these may be combined with modern medical treatments. In western societies most medicines are synthesized, including many that were originally made from herbs. But there are exceptions: digitalis's, the oldest effective heart medication, is still made from foxglove; morphine and codeine are derived from opimus poppies and vincristine, used to treat leukemia, comes from the Madagascar periwinkle.

Interest in medicinal herbs has frown dramatically in recent years. Consumers now have a wide variety of herbal supplements to choose from to help prevent and treat many diseases, including heart disease, cancer, arthritis, low immunity, depression, common colds, menopausal concerns. Thus herbal are one of the greatest gift for human beings from nature.