Why Natural Health Remedies?
You may ask yourself what makes natural health remedies so attractive to more and more people, in this age, when medicine and science are more evolved than ever known (at least by us). You’re right. People are trying to live naturally, to get back to nature and establish harmony with its elements. This is very difficult, especially of you live ion a big, crowded city, where fresh air is almost unknown, and where your collars and cuffs get dirty after wearing the shirts for several hours, because of the dust which is everywhere. Herbal remedies are proven to work, we all know this from our grandparents. Similarly, natural anti aging creams are the friendliest for your skin.
How many times my granny took care of my flu and sore throat by putting some hot corn porridge on my chest? I also remember how she used to treat inflammations with cabbage leaves, crushed and put over the swollen spot. Believe me or not, that was working for real. Some scientists thought to gather the power of nature and lock it inside some small caps and tabs, which are easier to manipulate and to use than the natural ingredients they come from. This is how natural health remedies like the aloe vera vitamins were born, and how medicine stepped in a new stage, where science and ancestors’ knowledge shake hands in treating humankind of many diseases such as arthritis, osteoporosis, gout, or even depression or yeast infections.
On the other hand, we may say that human body has a natural capability of healing itself, but our brain has to give it directions to do so. This is the explanation for those successful placebo treatments. People thought they got the medicine, therefore they gave an order to their body to get healed. If this is true, maybe the medicine of the future will be totally different from what we know today.
Natural Health • September 2008