The Pain Healer

You certainly remember the “folk remedy” for lowering body temperature that suggested to rub vinegar diluted in a bit of water on the hair, and in case of very high temperature, to wrap the body with sheets soaked in vinegar. Healing with medicinal plants has been in existence for thousands of years already in ancient cultures when there were no doctors yet only witch doctors who treated by using various plants. As mankind developed more, the better people understood the great advantages of medicinal plants. Today it is known that the ancient Egyptians, the Greeks and other cultures used medicinal plants in various ways, and today, in the modern era, there are quite a few people who prefer to try the alternative medicine the natural one (even before a conventional therapy), where healing is done by using medicinal plants and not by chemical and synthetic drugs. In the past, medicinal plants used to be a significant therapeutic means that helped to cure a sick person. Various parts of the plant were used. With some plants the roots were used and with some plants their leaves or their flowers were used. Nowadays, herbal medicine, or Herbalism, is based on the accumulated knowledge collected in the ancient cultures about the use of these effective plants, with an additional aspect namely the scientific aspect. Scientific studies are currently conducted that check the function of the different substances that are present in medicinal plants and how it affects the various systems in our body.