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II. BIOLOGICAL BASED THERAPY
1- HERBAL THERAPY

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Definition:

Herbal medicine - also known as botanical medicine, phytotherapy or phytomedicine -
involves using a plant or part of a plant for healing purposes. The herbal part of a
remedy may come from the leaf, flower, stem, seed, root, fruit or bark of the plant and it
may be used to treat wounds and a range of other conditions.

Theory of action:

Herbs contain a large number of naturally occurring chemicals (constituents) that have
some type of biological activity. Herbs work in a similar fashion to many
pharmaceutical preparations. In fact, some pharmaceutical medicines are still obtained
from plants. For example, the malaria medicine quinine is extracted from the bark of the
cinchona tree, and the pain medicine morphine is produced from the opium poppy.
Herbs can be very effective in the treatment of many conditions, but without the
unwanted side effects that are often seen in conventional pharmaceutical treatments.

Types of herbal remedies:

Herbal remedies come in a variety of forms and may be applied internally or externally.
Herbal remedies that are taken internally include:

 liquid herb extracts
 teas
 Powders
 capsules and tablets

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