Medicinal herbs and plants have been used for a long time andhave firmly taken their place in human life. Moreover, for many centuries they were the only medicine available to humans. And despite the fact that modern pharmacology is replete with a variety of drugs, many people still prefer to treat many diseases with the help of various medicinal herbs. This method of treatment has both opponents and supporters. In this article, we will consider both points of view. After all, in order to decide whether such treatment is acceptable or unacceptable for yourself and your loved ones, you need to have an objective assessment of all the positive and negative aspects that medicinal herbs have.
Minuses of medicinal herbs
You can often hear that treatmentmedicinal herbs can be dangerous for a person's health and even for his life. And this is true - the effect of many herbs can be more intense than the effect of some pharmacological drugs. And this is true, because even pharmacological drugs often use extracts from medicinal herbs. And everyone knows what can happen if drugs are used incorrectly. And medicinal herbs are fraught with the same - if you use them uncontrollably, the same thing can happen. An overdose can have a very negative effect on various organs and systems of a person, and primarily on the liver and kidneys. In addition, drugs have a number of contraindications. There are quite a few diseases in which herbal treatment can lead to a number of different complications, often very serious. And a lot depends on the age of the sick person - often some medicinal herbs cannot be used by adults and the elderly, pregnant women. By the way, pregnant women should be especially careful with medicinal herbs - many medicinal herbs contain biologically active substances that can provoke the development of increased uterine tone, and in especially severe cases - spontaneous abortion or premature birth. Of course, pregnant women should not completely refuse herbal treatment, but they should be especially careful and first agree on herbal therapy with their attending physician - gynecologist. In addition, it is no less necessary to be careful with herbal treatment of a child. Children very often react to herbs in an absolutely unpredictable way. Therefore, a preliminary consultation with a doctor - pediatrician is absolutely necessary. You should not ignore it and hope for the best, otherwise the consequences can be very sad. In addition, there is another problem with herbal treatment - an allergic reaction. This is an individual reaction of a particular person's body to a particular herb, and it is impossible to predict this reaction in advance. That is why, before taking any medicine in full, it is necessary to make sure that the sick person is not allergic to these medicinal herbs. To do this, he should drink a very small dose of infusion or decoction, and carefully observe the state of the body. If a person develops symptoms such as itching and redness of the skin, difficulty breathing, etc., it is necessary to take an antihistamine as soon as possible and not take this herb in the future. Otherwise, there is a high risk of developing pulmonary edema.
Positive aspects of medicinal herbs
However, despite some negativeherbal treatment, you should not refuse to use them. Moreover, medicinal herbs often have the greatest effect on the human body than pharmacological drugs. And drugs have much more side effects than medicinal herbs. However, in order for herbal treatment to be effective, you need to know quite a lot of different nuances. In addition, one of the features of herbal treatment is that their effect on the human body is almost always prolonged - treatment takes more than one or two days. And it is unlikely that you will be able to instantly get rid of a headache with the help of this or that herbal collection. Therefore, a sick person should be prepared for the fact that treatment can last more than one month, and sometimes even more than one year, especially if the disease is advanced or in a chronic stage. Everything depends on the individual characteristics of the body of each specific sick person. However, please note that sometimes just a few weeks of treatment are enough to completely get rid of the disease, most often the first time it occurred and is in an acute stage. It is also very important to strictly follow the recommendations for the duration of the course of treatment. Despite the fact that the symptoms of the disease often disappear quite quickly after you start taking a decoction or infusion of medicinal herbs, it is in no case acceptable to stop treatment immediately after improvement. Otherwise, there is a very high risk that the disease will simply go deep into the body and become chronic. Therefore, before stopping treatment, you should definitely visit a doctor and make sure that the disease is cured, completely and entirely. It is also necessary to take into account the fact that the same medicinal herbs affect the body of different people in completely different ways. Therefore, the same recipe, which uses medicinal herbs, can perfectly help one sick person, but will be completely ineffective for another. Therefore, no doctor - herbalist can guarantee you the effect of this or that remedy. Therefore, as a rule, the doctor prescribes treatment and after about a week, be sure to evaluate the condition of the sick person and the course of the disease. In the event that there is no improvement after about a week, the doctor may suggest another method of herbal treatment. This is how you can choose a truly effective remedy that will help you.
Other features of medicinal herbs
Also, the effectiveness of medicinal herbs is affected by their quality. It depends on many factors:
- A place where medicinal herbs are collected.The quality of medicinal herbs is greatly affected by where they were collected. It is necessary to avoid such collection sites as highways and railways, areas around gas stations and various factories, residential buildings, power lines. This is why it is highly recommended not to collect medicinal raw materials on your own - medicinal herbs of inadequate quality can cause irreparable harm to the human body. It is much safer to buy ready-made medicinal herbs in a pharmacy, obviously of adequate quality.
- Time to collect medicinal herbs.The time when a particular medicinal herb was collected is no less important. After all, many herbs have healing properties only during a certain phase of their growth. Some herbs should be collected only during the flowering period, and other herbs - only before or after they have finished flowering. Therefore, in order to collect medicinal herbs, you need to have certain knowledge.
- Storage conditions for medicinal herbs.Storage conditions for medicinal herbs are no less important. They must be stored at a certain temperature and humidity. It is not so easy to provide these conditions on your own, so, again, it is much wiser to buy medicinal herbs at a pharmacy.
Finally, I would like to repeat once again –no matter how attractive herbal treatment may seem, be sure to consult with your doctor and a doctor who specializes in phytotherapy beforehand. Only in this case will herbal treatment have a truly beneficial effect on the human body. Otherwise, you risk, at best, simply wasting time, and at worst, wasting time and getting the disease in an advanced form. And in this case, you are unlikely to be able to get by with “little bloodshed.” Most likely, much more serious treatment with the use of serious pharmacological drugs will be needed.
