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Source of material: Paramount Life and General Insurance Corporation’s 2011 newsletter |
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PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE |
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Herbalism Herbalism— also known as herbal medicine and phytomedicine— refers to any medical treatment in which plants and/or their extracts play the dominant role. Strictly speaking, herbalism includes aromatheraphy and Bach flower remedies and crosses the dividing line between therapies through its involvement in homeopathy. Herbal preparations are used both in the form of patent remedies and as herbal prescriptions to treat symptoms. Familiar examples include valerian tablets to help cure insomnia and cranberry extract tablets for the relief of cystitis. Medical herbalist do not, however regard this as their main function, but in common with other holistic therapists consider that the disease stems from an imbalance between a person’s physical, psychological and spiritual aspects and it is the aim of plant remedies to rectify this.
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