Herbalism Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
The term Herbalism refers to folk and traditional medicinal practice based on the use of plants and plant extracts.
The use of herbs to treat disease is almost universal among native peoples. A number of traditions have come to dominate the practise of herbal medicine in the west at the end of the twentieth century:-
- The Western herbal tradition based on Greek, Roman and medieval sources,
- The Ayurvedic tradition of India,
- Chinese herbal medicine.
As of 2004, the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine is starting to fund clinical trials into the effectivness of herbal medicine; see the links at the National Institutes of Health Herbal Medicine Links Page.
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Popularity
A survey released in May 2004 by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine focused on who used (CAM), what was used, and why it was used. The survey was limited to adults age 18 years and over during 2002 living in the United States. According to this recent survey, herbal therapy, or use of natural products other than vitamins and minerals, was the most commonly used CAM therapy (18.9%) ([1] table 1 on page 8) when all use of prayer was excluded.
Examples
Examples of some commonly used herbal medicines:-
See Also: herb, herbology; alternative medicine, anesthesia, chinese medicine, complementary medicine, ethnobotany, folk medicine, folk remedy, paganism, shamanism, welfare plant