Herbal Medicines the Primitive Healing Practice

Medicines are there to eliminate numerous health problems in the
body. And with advancement of science and technology, production of
medicines for different purposes is enhancing and thus we can get rid
of several health related troubles. By the term herbal we mean the
medicine extracted or synthesized from the plants and its products.
Medicines are the part and parcel of today's living where development
has reached the peak, at the same time this development lead to the
emergence of different fatal and non-fatal health problems.

Herbal medicines are the primary health management and this practice
of healing a broad range of complaints or to boost health with plants
and plant extracts are the principle of herbalism or phytotherapy. The
concept of herbal medicine is the most primitive form of healthcare
playing a vital role in the development of recent medicine which we
are using today.

In other words we can define herbal medicine as the utilization of
plants along with herb extracts intended for their therapeutic and
curative value. The majority of the plants species found to have and
produce chemical essences that facilitate in healing and supplementary
physical treatments.

Herbal medicines are using at greater extent as these are associated
with least side effects. Medicines though give immediate solutions to
the health problems or illnesses, leave some side effects which become
more fatal to the remaining body functioning system. Herbal medicines
are extracted from the natural substances basically the plants and its
products.

The practice of herbal medicines are prevailing since the prehistoric
days and in India it is very famous and Indian Ayurveda has a big
position in the world of herbal medicine. Nearly 80% of the world
population is utilizing the herbal products in curing and preventing
numerous diseases and its effects. Herbal medicine is associated with
the primary health care programs.

All plant life generates certain chemical complex during their
ordinary metabolic activities which can be further categorizes as
primary metabolites for example fats and sugars available in the
entire plants species and the secondary metabolites though found in
smaller varieties of plants, particularly in specific species or
genus. The identification of healing powers in the plants has lead to
growth of various herbal medicines manufacture from different plants
and plants extracts.

More than 80,000 plants species are found to contain medicinal
properties and widely used in treating and preventing diseases. Herbal
medicines are also using in association of other therapeutic programs
like acupuncture and a good deal of prescription drugs are
manufactured from the plants and plants extracts. Several herbal
ingredients are found in the drugs used for healing and preventing
diseases for example aspirin manufactured from Salix species whose
common name is willow bark and digitalis made from Digitalis purpurea,
foxglove.

The most common question arises is that if all the herbal products are
beneficial and are they capable replacing the modern medication that
is with drugs and associated chemical substances? The answer is that
herbal medicines are used generally for treating mild cases and are
less effective in case of the serious diseases, this can also be
considered on the basis of the longer duration required for the herbal
medicine s to effect. At the same time all the plant and plants
extracts are safe to use and therefore is essential thing to consult
the experts and doctors of the specific field.

_By: *Nandeshori Devi Konthoujam*_

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