Friday, January 7, 2011

HERBAL MEDICINES

HERBAL MEDICINES

Herbal Medicines are in the practise from stone age and details are available in all Civilizations across the world . Civilizations like Indus , China , Egypt , Greak and various other Civilizations are documented about this science in their scripts .
Herbal Medicines are used in India , China from ancient days to modern days and still it is continuing . There are reports and proofs about this science from 5000 B.C. onwards in the civilizations and it is the foundation for Modern Medicine .
Herbal medicines are prepared from plant sources such as leaves, barks, seeds, roots, flowers and fruits as crude form or in the form of extractions . Various Modern techniques like Chromatographies are used to extract active ingradients .
In general, Herbal medicines are very safe to use .

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