Herbal Medicine - a type of therapy that uses plants as medicines. Doctors, specialists in the field of herbal medicine, called phytotherapist.
Advantages and disadvantages of herbal medicines The active substances of medicinal plants have several fundamental advantages over chemical. They are generall, anti-tumor and anti-inflammatory and other effects. The disadvantages of herbal medicine belongs risk of poisoning them - for example, because of non-compliance assembly plants, exceeding the recommended dose and treatment. Most plants absorb toxins from the environment and become poisonous.
Each plant must be collected at the time. Herbs are usually harvested in early flowering plants. Fruits and seeds are harvested when fully ripe them, and the roots and rhizomes - late autumn, when the plant wither, or vice versa in early spring, before the sap flow.
During drying plants must also follow certain rules. The best plants to dry in a dry, well-ventilated area - for this purpose are well suited attic. Leaves, grass and flowers should not be dried in the sun - it kills them nutrients.
CONTRAINDICATIONS FOR METHOD FTP: - Severe cardiovascular insufficiency; - Infectious diseases including tuberculosis and sexually transmitted diseases; - Cancer; - Mental illness; - The period of chronic diseases; - Acute thrombophlebitis; - Pregnancy and lactation.
