Natural herbal remedies and plants have long been recognized for their healing properties. Indigenous cultures around the world have used natural herbal remedies for years to treat many ailments. There has been a rise in modern pharmaceuticals, which have used natural herbal remedies as the bases of health actions within the body.
The popularity of natural herbal remedies is rapidly causing traditional medical practitioners to recognize the useful properties of the hundreds of thousands of known herbs that are able to heal and prevent many human and animal illnesses, as well as enhance mental attitude, appearance, and performance.
Many centuries of experimentation by many cultures, including Indian herbal medicine (Ayurvedic), Chinese herbal medicine, and Western herbal medicine, have led to a variety of uses for plants, either singularly or in compounds.
Natural herbal remedies can encompass anything from teas to complex preparations of herbal compounds used in hospitals or clinics. Many types of formulas are available such as pills, capsules, creams, and gels.
Your home may already contain some of the following natural herbal remedies as food:
What are natural herbal remedies that you have around your home:
Garlic – Reduces cholesterol and is a natural antibiotic
Cinnamon – Lowers blood sugar, cholesterol, and triglyceride levels
Ginger – Reduces blood clotting risk and prevents motion sickness
Chamomile Tea – Soothes nervous tension and helps relieve digestive problems
Peppermint – Beneficial for digestion and digestive problems
To achieve a specific result, these herbs can be combined with other natural herbal remedies such as diet, mindfulness, supplements, etc.
While traditional medicine is extremely useful for diagnosing and treating emergencies, traumas, and surgeries, it is rarely adequate for preventing disease. Due to the ever-increasing cost of medicine, the increasing waiting times for doctor appointments and the difficulty of obtaining prescriptions from doctors, more and more people are turning to natural herbal remedies.
What are natural herbal remedies risks?
There are many adverse effects associated with natural herbal remedies. As with conventional medicines, natural herbal remedies are not always safe and may cause unwanted side effects.
Additionally, you may not need to take natural herbal remedies for things that are lifestyle-related such as a poor diet and stress management. However, a large number of the population have been using herbals, vitamins, minerals, and amino acids for many years with very positive results.
Also, recognize that you do not want to replace conventional medicine with natural herbal remedies. Holistic healthcare looks at all lifestyle factors such as the role of healthy eating, habits, mindset, etc We use natural herbal remedies as medicine to heal. The practice of alternative medicine is to replace pharmaceuticals with natural herbal remedies.
Herbal products can be used by adults, children, and pets to treat underlying healthcare conditions that have developed Angina, Arthritis, skincare, thyroid treatment, urinary tract infection, and an endless list of others. In holistic healthcare, we treat the function of the system.
We improve the function of the organ systems. Some natural herbal remedies help to detoxify, tonify, anti-viral, anti-bacterial, anti-microbial, etc. The actions of these natural herbal remedies are referred to as mechanisms of action. These are biochemical actions of the herbs.
What are natural herbal remedies used for?
The development of new products has expanded beyond addressing underlying causes of disease to address a variety of conditions, such as quitting smoking, removing unwanted hair, and eliminating wrinkles among others.
In holistic healthcare, it is believed that the causes of disease are contributed to a lack of nutrition, an overabundance of toxicity, mental, emotional, as well as spiritual, and ancestral components. Natural herbal remedies can be used to help kill infections, detoxify the system, tonify organs, etc which can contribute to health and healing.
You may find your answer in one of the many natural herbal remedies.
Ayurveda is an Eastern System from India that uses herbal remedies. Ayurveda provides numerous simple recipes for treating a wide variety of disorders. You will find below, some recipes that are highly recommended to those suffering from digestive problems.
These are simple and effective natural herbal remedies that can be made at home easily to help correct a digestive disorder and replenish nutrition that has been lost.
I hope you find some healing in the natural herbal remedies that can be made at home using some items in your kitchen ☺
Gruel recipes
1. Indigestion
Ingredients:
Rice -1/2 cup
Water – 4 cups
Long pepper – 2 or 3
Ginger -1inch
Method of preparation:
Combine rice and water with ginger and salt and cook according to instructions. Powder long pepper and fry it in a spoon of coconut oil ( if vegan) ( ghee is in the original ayurvedic recipe) and add it to gruel. Consume this when it is hot. This is very light to digest and relieves colic pain.
2. Diarrhea
Ingredients:
Rice -1/2 cup
Water – 4 cups
Ginger paste – 1/2 spoon
Salt to taste
Pomegranate juice: one cup
Method of preparation
- Cook rice with recommended quantity of water with ginger paste and salt
- Add pomegranate juice when the gruel is warm. You will be rehydrated and full of energy after eating this gruel. Inflammation of the intestinal walls is soothed and bowel movements are controlled.
3. Flatulence
Ingredients:
1 cup of rice
4 cups of water
Haritaki (Terminalia chebula) – powder-1/2 spoon
Roots of pippali or long pepper
Ginger paste -1/2 spoon salt to taste
Method of preparation
Cook Rice, haritaki powder , roots of pippali and water together. Add salt to it. Eat it when it is warm. This regulates bowel movements and relieves flatulence
In indigestion due to overconsumption of oily food
Ingredients:
1 cup rice
4 cups of water
1 cup plant milk ( if vegan) ( buttermilk is in the ayurvedic original recipe)
Salt to taste
Method of preparation
Cook rice water and salt together. Add a cup of plant milk when it is a little warm and consume it. This relieves indigestion, and nausea and corrects digestion.
At times pharmaceuticals may be out of reach for many people with rising healthcare costs. People are seeking out natural herbal remedies as we are returning to nature and a more natural way of being. And while they are helpful to the system there is concern over the safety, efficacy, and quality of natural herbal remedies. Also, care needs to be taken when looking to use herbal remedies as they can interact with pharmaceutical interventions, and may or may not be helpful for certain health components.
References
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22816312/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20027796/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20027796/
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