Herbal medicines as reliable as conventional ones

In today’s world, many people have started believing the importance and reliability of the alternative treatments like homeopathy and herbal medicines. But at the same time, a majority of the population still find these ‘alternative medicines’ unreliable. There are people who claim that these herbal treatments are completely unfounded but the fact is that these herbal treatments cover a number of different types of remedies.

Author of the book ‘Grow your own drugs’ James Wong, an ethno botanist, has tried to change the mindset about herbal medicine through his book. According to him, all the herbal treatments are based on science. His book conveys that the chemical ingredients found in pills are the same which can be found in relatively common plants and hence can be effective in minor problems. He, therefore, said that if a chemical of a particular medicine is present in both pills and in a plant, it is up to the person which way of treatment he prefers.

The author is not against the modern medicines. His main purpose is to create awareness about alternative medicines among people. He argued that the effectiveness of any drug is all dependent on the chemical composition of the drug, so this method can also be used to determine the reliability of herbal medicines.

 Every man-made creation always have some connection with the natural world and hence those forms of alternative medicines which have been proved to be reliable and scientific can coexists with today’s modern medicines.