Western Herbal Medicine as an Alternative

Our current state of medicine in the modern world may have become the animal that got out of control when nobody was looking. There is already evidence that many of our antibiotics have become neutralized by our overuse and total dependence on them.

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Viruses and bacteria are adapting to this overuse, and there is evidence that microorganisms are communicating across species to adapt to the antibiotics. With all of the medicine that is flushed down the toilets and drains, as well as all the antibiotics that is fed to beef cattle and hogs.




It is also becoming evident that herbal medicine may be immune from microorganism adaptation, as the herbs are the real plants from which the antibiotics are derived.




Herbal medicines have been used as far back as record history can take us, as we see them used for relief of illness with the Sumerians, and the Greeks. The World Health Organizations estimates that roughly 80 per cent of the populations of some Asian and African countries currently use herbal medicines as their primary method of health care.




In Europe, the uses of herbal medications are very common, and are dispensed by apothecaries. Herbal medications are preferred in many circles as opposed to the prescription medications that are sold alongside of them.




In the UK herbal medications are so popular, that there is a television program that advocates people growing their own herbs at home, and then showing them how to turn them into using them as an herbal medicine.More info on:




In the United States, there is a mild interest in herbal medicine, but the medical system is so institutionalized that it is difficult for people who are already on lots of pharmaceutical medications to change course. Plus, up to this point, insurance has paid for so much of this medication that it would be difficult for many people to switch.




Most herbal items are loosely regulated in the United States and are looked upon as dietary supplements by the Food and Drug Administration, but there is talk of regulating them as drugs so that more control can be placed over them.




It is unfortunate that western society has gone from the mecca of miracle drugs to possibly the cesspool of encouragement to the germs, by the bacteria and viruses simply becoming resistant to the drugs.




Only time will tell if the herbal side of the equation will win out, as the pharmaceutical manufacturers have a firm foothold on western medicine. Our medical model is largely predicated upon the dispensation of pharmaceutical drugs, and it appears that it will continue to do so.




Western Herbal Medicine as an Alternative

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