At one time medical science concerned itself for the most part with understanding and defeating viruses and germs. But that view point is changing and that change is happening rapidly Today lifestyle choices are affecting our health, alarmingly changing our lifetime expectation.
Our obsession for acquiring bigger houses , better cars, more exotic vacations we are continually swapping quality for quantity and the thing that suffers the most is our own health. Our lifestyles is literally sapping our own life resources and we are not replacing these depleted reserves. Any form of natural immune system boosters is being ignored. The frightening consequence is, our longer term life expectancy is severely reduced.
Increasingly the same conditions are chipping away at our health; obesity, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, respiratory problems and cancer. They are all on the increase. At the same time we show a remarkable naivety in understanding just how little modern medication can affect.
Undoubtedly medicine has made great strides in helping us regain our health but unfortunately this success is almost counter productive. Today we seem to want to pass over the responsibility of our health to anyone but ourselves. “Let science sort it out”.
We are not taking responsibility for our own actions. Perhaps it’s this attitude that has led to an astonishing level of expectation by patients in the antibiotic treatments , and putting physicians are under ever increasing pressures to conjure up instant results.
As a viable alternative to this spiral the use of an herbal antibiotic should not be ignored. The advantages of this type of medication is that they are designed to focus upon the ailment and criticallyboosting the body’s immune system. Typically we can look at a tiredness remedy that also provides immune system boosters.
Herbs as a medicinal source are too easy to pass off as a critical factor in our food chain to support and strengthen the immune system. Their anecdotal reputation has been obtained after substantial use by our ancestors. But their use has shown herbs are capable of feeding the immune system as well as combating many of the ills to which we are susceptible.
Their use can be economic; you can grow them yourself on a windowsill or in a small garden. You can dry them yourself; then you’ve got the added benifit of herbs all year around. Even if you cannot grow them yourself there are a number of quality suppliers which will be able to provide herbs at a costyou find acceptable. There’s the convenience of herbal teas, the reputation of Chinese medicinal herbs or perhaps you want to use fresh herbs in your daily cook pot? Then again perhaps you’d prefer the homeopathic option.
You are welcome to review some of the more common uses of our popular herbs at Herb and Herbal Matters.
