Alexis Earth Healing

Herbal Medicine

Herbal Medicine is designed to assist the body to remedy illness patterns and re-balance the various systems of the body. It utilities the whole plants active constituents such as the plants seeds, berries, roots, leaves, bark or flowers for medicinal purposes.

One of the oldest medicines around, plants have been used for medicinal purposes long before recorded history. Ancient Egyptian and Chinese writing used plants as early as 3,000 BC.

Indigenous culture (Australian, African & Native American) used herbs in their healing rituals as did Traditional Chinese or India Medicine like Ayurveda. The use of herbs together is often utilised because the combination is more effective. Their combination gives it unique properties that are often hard to mimic with any single isolated drug.

Herbalist must take many factors into account when recommending herbs, including the species, variety of the plant, the plant's habitat, how it was stored and processed, and whether or not there are contaminants (including heavy metals and pesticides).

Herbs are effective for many illnesses such as asthma, insomnia, digestive disturbances, cold & flus, circulatory disorders, headaches, menstrual irregularities, nervous complaints, arthritis, anxiety, ache, stress, irritable bowels, fibromyalgia and many others.

Its administration can be by fresh herb, tea, extract, powder, syrups, poultices, lotions, oils and supplementation.