SAFE USE OF MEDICINAL HERBS (The First Step is to Adopt a Healthy Lifestyle)
Before applying any plant regularly or Continously (as with any other medicine), one must bear in mind the following points:
Look for the causes of the disease, ven when symptoms seem to lack significance. Taking any plant (as with any other medicine) with the sole aim of easing or neutralizing certain symptoms may merely produce a temporary healing.
However, when the cause of the symptoms is not attacked, the disease will continue to develop until it appears with great intensity, and then, it may be too late to cure it.
When a strange symptom appears, it is better to ask for a professional medical diagnosis to be carried out, with scientific means and procedures. Only after that can a medicinal herb based treatment or only other cure be safely applied.
Give up bad health habits. When disorders or symptoms are due to unhealthy habits, or to an unhealthy lifestyle, treatment with plants will be less than useless, and it even may be harmful by masking certains symptoms while their cause develops.
The first step to restoring healthy lifestyle should be the adoption of a healthy lifestyle, and avoidance of bad habits. Mucolythic or expectorants to heal bronchitis is useless if a person continues smoking or breathing polluted air.
Most of the chronic diseases in developed countries are directly related to poor eating habits and the consumption of toxic substances such as tobacco, alcohol beverages, and other drugs.
Use only identified plants. It is recommended and safest to make sure that plants are bottled and correctly labelled under the auspices of pharmaceutical laboratory or professional.
The laws of many countries, including European Union, forbid the sale of medicial herbs by peddlers.
Avoid self-prescriptions. It is best that plants are prescribed or recommended by a competent physician.
Notwithstanding, the health laws of most countries list certain plants which may be freely used with no medical prescriptions. In this case, we recommend responsible self-prescription: One decides which plants are going to be taken, but in a responsible way. First, educate yourself on the properties of the plants as well as the precautions that their use requires.
Be cautious when taking a plant for a long periods of time: As a rule, avoid the continuous use of any flant for more than two or three months. When the condition seems to require this, it is better to be informed on possible undesireble side effects of the plant. Requesting medical counsel is also advised.
Care must be taken with pregnant women and children: As with all medicines, extreme caution is required when a medicinal herb is to be given to pregnant women and children