An herb is a neglected weed. Dandelions, which are good for the liver, and chickweed, which purifies the blood, are the bane of lawn lovers, gardeners, and landscapers. Yet both weeds, which is what horticulturists rightfully consider and call them, have proven to be a blessing many times over for those seeking ways to improve their own health. In prehistoric times cave dwellers discovered the virtues of these weeds for different purposes. In Biblical days, herbs were frequently used by different cultures for religious purification and spiritual enlightenment, besides the obvious healing of various maladies believed to have been inflicted by angry gods due to dissatisfied lifestyles.
Herbs work a number of different ways inside the human body.
A number of their chemical constituents elicit different metabolic responses, which include enhanced energy, sharper intellect, vision clarity, improved digestion, smoother skin, calmer nerves, better circulation, and expeditious waste eliminations. The safety record for herbs is fabulous, less than 20 recorded deaths in the past decade. That figures out to be approximately 2 fatalities per year, most of which were due to harvesting strange plants in the wild by the uninformed and ingesting them afterwards without much attention to what they were doing. So-called drug safety really pales in comparison to properly defined herbal safety. The human body usually responds within a very short time to many herbs.