Herbs in General

"Plants seed by God for human beneficiaries..."

The above phrase strongly recommend us that the benefits that human can get in the cycle of the nature. These days, we can see that more and more people are looking for a source of high quality herbal products. Most people are aware that organically grown food is free from exposure to harmful chemicals, but that is only one small part of what organic is about.

As herbal medicine grows in popularity, people worldwide are rediscovering the benefits of buying local food. It is definitely fresher than anything in the supermarket and that means it is tastier and more nutritious for health care. It is also economical and good for your local economy by buying directly from farmers and helps them stay in business.

Many of the herbs we carry are raised organically or wild crafted; others are blended by certified herbalists. Nevertheless these nutritious plants are a bit difficult to find products, especially in urban areas.

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Herbs - History

Ayurveda is a Sanskrit word derived from two roots: Ayur means life;d Veda which means knowledge. It has its roots in ancient vedic literature. Ayurveda, a system of diet, healing and health maintenance is probably the oldest science of life, just like Yoga practices.

Herbs History

In the 17th century, the development of science, chemistry and technology together with the introduction of active chemical drugs led to the decline of herbalism, even though folk medicine still existed in the home and small villages. By the end of the 19th and into the 20th centuries, orthodox medicine had pushed homeopathic ( a complementary disease treatment system in which a patient is given minute doses of natural drugs that in larger doses would produce symptoms of the disease itself ) medicine further from the mainstream.

Herbs History

Herbs have been used and studied since prehistoric mankind. 5000 years ago, the Sumerians kept the first written record of herbs usage. In 2700 B.C., the Chinese wrote their first herbs book listing over 365 medicinal herb plants with their benefits and uses. Herbs were also mentioned in the medicinal practices and the Old Testament of ancient Greeks and Romans rose from herbalism. While the first European book on herbs dates from the first century A.D which refers to more than 500 herbal plants.

Herbs for Health

Herbs, in botany are a soft-tissue plant that does not develop permanent woody tissues on ground surface. Such plants may be annual, biennial or perennial. Herbaceous plants are generally considered to include soft-tissue angiosperms or flowering plants but may also include the ferns, club mosses and horsetails.

The term herb is applied by pharmacists and herbalists to any plant part that has medicinal properties or nutritious especially for human being eiher used for human health care or as energy supplements. Herb parts, such its leaves that are used as food or seasonings are called culinary herbs or potherbs. It’s also known as medicinal and culinary herbs. The terms culinary were used to show that people used to boiled herbs to get its nutrition, instead of eating it fresh.

At the same hand, the traditional definition of herb is a non-woody (plant with no trunk) plant that dies down to the ground after flowering. Nevertheless, herb is often used to describe a plant of which any of its part is used for medical propose and nutritional value. Herbs originally had been used & studied all over the world since pre-historic mankind.

Some of pharmacists also defined herbs as a large number of plants used as remedial agents in medicine are the natural and original remedies in treating disease.