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Herbal Medicine


Herbal medicine is the use of herbs or herbal and plant extracts for a particular complaint. It is well known that herbs are generally a lot safer and `more gentle' than pharmaceutical drugs. When taken as prescribed there are none of the side effects that occur with many pharmaceutical drugs. This is because the whole plant is used which dilutes the potency of the drug action. This means that herb actions are far gentler, and usually safer than pharmaceutical drug actions.

Herbs have been a source of medicine for people for over 7000 years.
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