LEARN MORE ABOUT HERBAL HEALING

Most of the doctors in North America give pharmaceutical drugs to their patients. These drugs suppress the symptoms and at the same time produce side effects and imbalance in the body which results in some other illness. Herbal remedies can cure the patient and at the same time bring the body back into its normal condition without causing any side effect. Many people around the world, having different cultures have been using herbs for medicinal purposes. About 50 to 80 percent of the medical consumptions of the developed industrial countries consist of herbal medicine. In North America many patients are trying out for alternative medicines. About seventy percent of Canadians use complementary medicine at least one time and global market for such medicine is $60 billion and growing steadily in US. Vioxx the arthritis pain reliever has recently been found to produce side effect which has resulted in 100,000 being hospitalized and 16,500 deaths every year due to gastrointestinal side effects. Some of them lead to rise in blood pressure and risk of serious heart problems.

A great number of herbs have been found for anti inflammatory and pain relieving properties. Arthritis being an eternal problem the patients tries to find alternative medical options. Cat’s claw, devil’s claw, ginger and turmeric are effective and safe herbs with anti inflammatory properties. Calcium channel blockers prescribed for high blood pressure is found to increase the risk of death as said by the researchers. The herb hawthorn seems to give good cure for heart problems and the studies show it to be safe and effective for prevention and cure of heart diseases.. Bilberry extract contains anthocyanins, the chemical which gives the fruits and vegetables their natural color is found to lower the risk of cardio vascular disease.

The other herbs with no side effects include St John’s Wort for depression, dong quai for menopausal and Echinacea for cold and flu. These herbs can be taken in the form of tea, salves, tinctures or essential oils. Once it is understood how they work they can be used in any of the above forms to help to heal the ailments of the body without leading to any side effects.

The Natural Health Herbs and Healing course of the Alive Academy offers many courses regarding how to grow, store, process, prepare, purchase and use herbs for healing purposes. It will help those who like herbal medicine as well as for those who have been using it for many years. Being an excellent course it has many useful learning tools which help the students to understand well about the various types of herbs and their uses. These tools are valuable references for herbal healing for everybody in future.