Why Herbs?

Herbal medicine has a written history that is more than 5000 years old. With 75% of the worlds population still relying on traditional healing practices, it is hard to imagine a world without herbalists. In 1987 about 85% of drugs were originally derived from plants. Now, only about 15% are derived from plants. Most pharmaceutical drugs are highly refined or completely synthesized.

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"Let your medicine be your food and your food, medicine"

Hippocrates (460BC-370BC) is remembered as the "father of medicine". He was the founder of the Hippocratic School of medicine and created the Hippocratic Oath. So it only seems right to start with him.

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