Category: Herbalism

Herbal medicines, also called botanical medicines, vegetable medicines, or phytomedicines, as defined by World Health Organization (WHO) refers to herbs, herbal materials, herbal preparations, and finished herbal products that contain whole plants, parts of plants, or other plant materials, including leaves, bark, berries, flowers, and roots, and/or their extracts as active ingredients intended for human therapeutic use or for other benefits in humans and sometimes animals. There is a better understanding of Herbal medicine and its therapeutic activities such that many pharmaceuticals have been modeled on phytochemicals derived from it. This section will be devoted to discussing common plants in our natural environment which could enhance holistic wellness.