Herbal medicine is a therapy which use drugs, prepared on the basis of the extracts of plants.
In a large number of cases herbs are the only worthy and harmless substitute for conventional medicamentous drugs.
First of all, the plants are historically the first and the most ancient source of biologically active substances that meet the requirements of medicines. Secondly, it must be stressed that even the best equipped modern chemical laboratory is unable to synthesize such a variety of compounds, as it does nature.
Due to the variety of substances, which are constituents of the medicinal plants, their effect on the body more comprehensive than the effect of any chemical medication.
There is also increasing interest in medicinal plants and substances contained in them, which is determined on the best tolerance for drugs of herbal origin and no side-effects that allows consuming such drugs without any harm to human health.
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