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How Herbal Differ From Pharmaceuticals

June 24th, 2007    Subscribe To Our Feed

Many people do not realise that herbs are the original source of at least 25% of all pharmaceuticals. Often drugs either are made from, or synthetic duplicates of, chemicals originally isolated from healing plants. Some examples are morphine, a potent painkiller. which comes from the opium poppy; digitalis, a cardiac stimulant,which comes from foxglove; and reserpine, a sedative and antihypertensive, which comes from rauwolfia (Indian snakeroot).

Herbs generally work with your own body processes to fight off diseases. For example, echinacea increase the activity of your infection-fighting white blood cells. And milk thistle enhances the liver’s production of the antioxidant glutathione to fight free radicals. Unlike Wester medicine, which looks for the active ingredients in a plant and then extracts it, discarding the rest of the plant, herbal medicine relies on the synergistic action of the whole plant, which may contain thousands of compounds. Most often, an herbal medicine made from the whole plant is more effective than its separate, isolated ingredients because these compounds work in concert to promote health. Herbs also tend to work more gradually, helping to strengthen the body’s defenses over time. Drugs, on the other hand, have a more rapid and targeted action, which is also why they are also more likey to cause side effects.

How Herbal Differ From Pharmaceuticals

June 24th, 2007    Subscribe To Our Feed

Many people do not realise that herbs are the original source of at least 25% of all pharmaceuticals. Often drugs either are made from, or synthetic duplicates of, chemicals originally isolated from healing plants. Some examples are morphine, a potent painkiller. which comes from the opium poppy; digitalis, a cardiac stimulant,which comes from foxglove; and reserpine, a sedative and antihypertensive, which comes from rauwolfia (Indian snakeroot).

Herbs generally work with your own body processes to fight off diseases. For example, echinacea increase the activity of your infection-fighting white blood cells. And milk thistle enhances the liver’s production of the antioxidant glutathione to fight free radicals. Unlike Wester medicine, which looks for the active ingredients in a plant and then extracts it, discarding the rest of the plant, herbal medicine relies on the synergistic action of the whole plant, which may contain thousands of compounds. Most often, an herbal medicine made from the whole plant is more effective than its separate, isolated ingredients because these compounds work in concert to promote health. Herbs also tend to work more gradually, helping to strengthen the body’s defenses over time. Drugs, on the other hand, have a more rapid and targeted action, which is also why they are also more likey to cause side effects.

How Herbal Differ From Pharmaceuticals

June 24th, 2007    Subscribe To Our Feed

Many people do not realise that herbs are the original source of at least 25% of all pharmaceuticals. Often drugs either are made from, or synthetic duplicates of, chemicals originally isolated from healing plants. Some examples are morphine, a potent painkiller. which comes from the opium poppy; digitalis, a cardiac stimulant,which comes from foxglove; and reserpine, a sedative and antihypertensive, which comes from rauwolfia (Indian snakeroot).

Herbs generally work with your own body processes to fight off diseases. For example, echinacea increase the activity of your infection-fighting white blood cells. And milk thistle enhances the liver’s production of the antioxidant glutathione to fight free radicals. Unlike Wester medicine, which looks for the active ingredients in a plant and then extracts it, discarding the rest of the plant, herbal medicine relies on the synergistic action of the whole plant, which may contain thousands of compounds. Most often, an herbal medicine made from the whole plant is more effective than its separate, isolated ingredients because these compounds work in concert to promote health. Herbs also tend to work more gradually, helping to strengthen the body’s defenses over time. Drugs, on the other hand, have a more rapid and targeted action, which is also why they are also more likey to cause side effects.

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