Organic and/or Herbal Holistic Remedies

Five thousand years of trial and error have resulted in the development of a set of all natural herbal remedies that can still withstand the scrutiny of a couple hundred years of application of scientific theory.

While much can be said for the accomplishments of Modern Western Medicine, so too can much be said of the distilled knowledge of countless centuries of practical experience. In the West the miracles of science pushed much of the all natural herbal remedies into the background. But today increasingly, organic herbal remedies and holistic herbal remedies are seeing a resurgence.

While two different things, the organic and holistic movements are intertwined in this evolution of pragmatic thought about health and its maintenance in the 21st century.

Organic herbal remedies refers to the process by which herbs are grown, without chemical and artificial elements in uncontaminated soils. This movement is a repercussion of the progress man has made, and a statement of principle and objection to the pollution we have brought with us in our modern scientific world.

The holistic herbal remedies branch is fixated more on the treatment of the whole person and not the disease as is the case with most of modern medicine. The Chinese herbalist examines their patient not just of the symptoms of the disease in questions but also in the excesses of joy, anger, anxiety, brooding, sorrow, fear and fright, among other aspects of their self.

The combination of the two concepts holistic and organic herbal remedies are a modern concept as presumable all herbal practices of past centuries were primarily organic in nature. But the distinction today is important for pesticides and heavy metals can contaminate herbal teas as well as other foodstuffs

There can be no doubt that pure food is better than contaminated food. Nor can their be much doubt that a healthy lifestyle based on a good selection of nutritious foods is beneficial. The wisdom of thousands of years of healing arts dedicated to understanding the emotional state of the person as well as their affliction have lead to a body of knowledge about holistic organic herbal remedies that work.

It is time to return these ancient practices to our Western lifestyles, not as a replacement for modern medicine but as a corollary practice that may well diminish the need for our expensive drug based practices.