Thursday, February 26, 2009

Organic Herbal Plants For Better Health

By Susan Honeywell

Consumers are becoming more aware of the circumstances that their food is grown under, which has led to a surge in interest for organic herbal gardening. Plus, there is now a growing awareness of the health and medicinal remedies possible with organic herbal gardening.

Organic herbal gardening provides an alternative to pharmaceutics. This substitute option has a long history, but has been overshadowed in recent decades by an over-reliance on technological and scientific quick fixes.

Herbal medicine and organic herbal gardening are not complete substitutes for modern medicine, and there are many cases where you will be better served with industrially synthesized medicines. But there are a great number of common ailments that can be cured and even prevented through less harsh plant-based recipes.

Overall, while herbal remedies have their critics, they provide a valuable complement to modern medicine for many ailments and its emphasis on prevention and balancing is liked with many who are striving for a more harmonic way of life.

People who turn to organic herbal gardening to grow natural medicines are usually highly aware of their bodies and also of their surroundings, and place a lot of importance on the quality and provenance of the food that they consume.

In fact organic gardening is going through a renaissance, but not many people are yet aware that the same principles that can be applied to organic food are also valid for plant-based medicines. And fewer yet know how easy it is to grow herbal remedies at home!

Often herbal remedies have been grown commercially under organic conditions, but the enterprising gardener can add a series of curative plants to the produce in his backyard, garden or windowsill and, armed with a good treatise on the subject, self-administer the results.

As for the ways to consume medicines stemming from organic herbal gardening, there are many curative plants that can be simply eaten. Many, such as ginger root, are common in the kitchen, but dosages and intake usually differ.

Another way to use organically grown herbs is by applying them to rough or inflamed skin, as there are several plants that are great anti-irritants or natural antiseptics. You can even make lotions at home and keep the plants' active substances for a long time. Another common way to use plants is as herbal teas.

To start organic herbal gardening for the purpose of improving your health, you can either start from seeds or buy seedlings from specialist shops, either by going there in person or by buying over the internet.

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