Natural Medicine Schools

• Herbologists usually use a combination of extracts from plants, minerals and fungi in order to treat a patient, which is more effective than using a single ingredient. This might include herbal teas and oils.
• Instead of diagnosing a patient and simply giving a remedy, herbologists view their field as the study of a web of relationships between cause, condition, and cure.
• Most herbologists agree that their practice is most effective as a prevention. The body's needs are analyzed and natural treatments are given to strengthen it against illness.
• Many herbologists choose to combine their practice with more accredited sciences like accupuncture and nutritional counselling.
• There are various schools within the United States that certify herbologists.

Did You Know?

• Over 35,000 plant species have medicinal value, and over half of all prescription drugs were discovered through the practice of herbology. What's more, a quarter of all prescription drugs in the US are plant-based, including morphine, aspirin and codeine.
• The World Health Organization estimates that 80% of the world's population currently uses some form of plant-based medicine in healthcare.
• The earliest recorded medicinal use of plants is detailed in the Lascaux Cave paintings in France, dated between 13,000 and 25,000 BC, and humans have been using herbology ever since. There are records of its use in Ancient Egyptian texts, the Old Testament, and in anient Greek, Roman and Chinese culture.