Many People prefer natural/herbal medicine because they believe or have been told that there are no Side Effects, and that you take as much as you want.
Although natural herbal medicine of the time seems safer than conventional pharmaceutical medicine, we still need to be careful, as with anything we ingest, including food,. too much can be harmful. here are a few myths of Natural Herbal Medicine. These would include positive and negative myths.
1. Natural/Herbal medicine has no side-effects. False, some medicine may not have side effects, but some may, it is important to know all the pros and cons before taking a medicine. Also, some herbal medicine may interfere with some medications, as well as some food also interfere with medications. Also, they can interfere with people that have certain conditions. For example, some herbal medicine can lower blood sugar, which could have an effect on diabetics, or people going to have a surgery or recently have surgery.
2. You can take as much natural/herbal medicine /teas as you want. This is another myths that it is a little bit worrying. As we normal medicine, and even food dosage is very important and most of the time it depends on the person health, age, and other characteristics. After all, even drinking too much water can be lethal.
3. All Natural Herbs are safe to ingest. False, some people think that because it is from nature, it is safe to ingest, However, Nature also produces some poisonous plants. hence, we should always be careful what we eat and not believe everyone selling natural medicines. Always do a research before trying something new.
4. This myths is what mostly doctors believe. Natural/Herbal Medicine Do not help at all in healing. This is false, as I will show in another article there had been proven evidence in personal experience and other people that herbal medicine works, and although there is no enough scientific evidence, the reason is because they did not take the time to experiment with it, or simply do not want to do it or admit it.
There are more myths about herbal medicines that I would cover at a later post. However, what is very important to note is to be very careful about "natural/herbal" medicine that come in pill forms. For those who like to take the herbal in pill form should be very careful. Personally, I believe these Herb medicine are meant to be taken natural, for example, in teas, soups, infusions, etc. and not be altered in any way, but for some people it is more convenient. For those that prefer the pill form of herbal medicine, should do a research and always read ingredients, there have been cases that the pills are not what they say they are.!
Hope this blog has been helpful. Below are some Helpful Links to check.
Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine by Chevallier, Andrew/ Emerson-Roberts (Google Affiliate Ad)
Medical Herbalism: The Science and Practice of Herbal Medicine by Hoff (Google Affiliate Ad)
Chinese Herbal Medicine: Modern Applications of Traditional Formulas b (Google Affiliate Ad)
Encyclopedia of Islamic Herbal Medicine by Morrow, John Andrew [Paperb (Google Affiliate Ad)
Herbal Medicine Trends and Traditions By Kane, Charles W. (Google Affiliate Ad)
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