Herb plants produce and contain a variety of chemical compounds that act upon the body and are used to prevent or treat disease or promote health and well-being.
The study of herbs dates back over 5,000 years to the Sumerians, who described well-established medicinal uses for such plants as laurel, caraway, and thyme.
Ancient Egyptian medicine of 1000 B.C. are known to have used garlic, opium, castor oil, coriander, mint, indigo, and other herbs for medicine and the Old Testament also mentions herb use and cultivation, including mandrake, vetch, caraway, wheat, barley, and rye.
Here are some informative videos of important facts of this history and the path of those who lay ignorant to the gift Mother Earth gives.
Video 3 This video contains HISTORY of witches. Otherwise known as herbologist or wise women. I do not partake in magic.
American Herb Facts:
Native American healers were herbalists and had a set of beliefs that combined physical healing with spiritual healing. They also believed that plants, trees, shrubs, flowers and herbs possessed spirit and intelligence and treated accordingly. When harvesting plants and herbs to be used in Herbalism the Shaman would only take what was required and asked permission and expressed gratitude during the harvesting process. The healing potential of the plants and herbs were empowered by ritual ceremonies, prayers, songs and chants.
Native American Herbalism encompassed the use of many herbs and plants that were indigenous to North America.
The practise of Herbalism allowed the Native Americans to treat, cleanse and purify the body without harmful side effects. The natural Plants and Medicinal Herbs used in Herbalism helped the Shaman to regulate and normalize bodily functions. Herbs are high in vitamins and minerals and their use in Herbalism techniques have the added benefit of raising energy levels, allowing the body to have extra energy to heal itself and to stimulate the immune system. The plants and Plants and Medicinal Herbs used in Herbalism arenatural remedies and were the natural medicines of the Native Americans who lived on the natural products in their environment that were produced by nature.
There are over 20,000 plants in North America and about 2000 were used for healing remedies in Native American Herbalism. The Shaman needed in depth knowledge of the properties of the herbs, when they were best harvested and the part of the plants and herbs to use and how they should be prepared to treat members of the tribe. The Shaman was believed to have gifts or powers that allowed him to use Herbalism in a manner that was hidden from the average person. The Native American form of Herbalism enabled the Shaman to treat the heal the person and also affect the spirit or soul.
Herb plants produce and contain a variety of chemical compounds that act upon the body and are used to prevent or treat disease or promote health and well-being.
I think we can all say or believe that modern medicine can be useful for immediate relief of pain. A good thing.
However I strongly believe Herbs and modern medicine, researched correctly, can be married to bring long term healing to the overall systematic problem/ailment.
