Natural Healing Herbs

Over 5000 years of practical evidence has more than proved that herbs can heal.

Today medical doctors in China trained in Western medical techniques will still prescribe natural healing herbs to their patients when appropriate. They do so because they work. Sometimes Western medicine is better… and sometimes it isn’t.

Perhaps the greatest difference between the practice of Western medicine and the Chinese medicine practice is the holistic nature of Chinese herbal remedies.

Western medicine tends to look at the disease while Chinese herbal medicine tends to look at the patient who has the disease. Thus the holistic herbal remedies of Chinese Medicine can often succeed where so called modern medicine fails.

There are many similarities between the practice of Chinese herbal medicine and Western medicine, as well. Western medical practitioners supply ‘prescriptions’ for drugs that are intended for cure or to alleviate symptoms of their patients. Herbal medicine practitioners prescribe drugs in the form of natural healing herbs that are intended to do the same thing. The main difference here is that the prescriptions given to patients by Western doctors must be filled at a drug store while most holistic herbal remedies can be purchased at almost any health food store.

Different herbs are used for different ailments. Just any old herb isn’t going to help much if it isn’t the right one for the problem. There are herbs that are:

• Diuretics: These are herbs that increase the body’s output of urine. Some herbs that are used for this purpose are Couchgrass, Blue Flag and Jewel Weed.

• Alkalizing: Some alkalizing herbs are Dandelion and Kelp. These are herbs that raise the ph level.

• Astringents: There are herbs that stop bleeding. Some astringent herbs are Acorn, Balm, Bistort and Willow bark.

• Tonics: These are herbs that are supposed to give strength. Some tonic herbs are Barberry, Tansy, Snakeroot and Chamomile.

• Nervine: These are herbs that either calm or excite the nerves. Some nervine herbs are Black Willow Bark, Kelp, Chamomile, Black Currant, and Rosemary.

• Laxative: These are herbs that are meant to loosen the bowls. Some laxative herbs are Agar, Fit, Pitcher Plant, and Benne.

• Diaphoretic: Some diaphoretic herbs are Dandelion, Fig, and Olive. These are herbs that promote sweat.

When you stop to consider the use of natural healing herbs as healing agents, the idea seems to be perfectly reasonable. Since the beginning of time, herbs were what were available and so that is what people used. Over the centuries much knowledge about what worked and what didn’t was passed on. Today’s selections of holistic healing herbs are the result of centuries of trial and error.

Nutritional Herbal Supplements

After 5000 years of research and trial and error tests there are over 6000 herbs that are used in the practice of Chinese herbal medicine. Most all of these herbs can be purchased at health food stores in the United States and other Western countries.

Information on herbs is easy to find. There are thousands of books on the subject that can be found in brick and mortar bookstores in every nook and cranny of the world. One this web site is an ebook that discuses in more detail many Herbs that can heal and nutritional herbal supplements that can be used as teas or in cooking.

Information is as easy to find on the Internet as typing a few words into the search box of any search engine. In increasing numbers people are using these informational resources to help them find the herbs and nutritional herbal supplements that they need.