Growing Herbal Remedies Organically

Friday, July 24, 2009 ·

By Susan Honeywell

Consumers are becoming more aware of the circumstances that their food is grown under, which has led to a surge in interest for organic herbal gardening. Plus, there is now a growing awareness of the health and medicinal remedies possible with organic herbal gardening.

Herbalism, as it is usually called, involves collecting or growing your own plants and herbs for medicinal purposes, which has a century-old tradition in many parts of the world. Nowadays, organic gardening is the way to go if you want to grow your own, as it's better to avoid raising therapeutic plants on pesticides and fertilizers.

The viewpoint of herbal medicine is one of considering the whole organism and not just the symptoms. As a result two people who visit a practitioner and have similar symptoms, may be suggested to take quite different remedies.

Consumers who start growing their own plants for medicinal purposes are often already expert organic gardeners and vegetable growers, but this does not always have to be the case. You can start growing nothing but medicinal plants from scratch, and it's much easier and less time-consuming than you may think at first.

People who turn to organic herbal gardening to grow natural medicines are usually highly aware of their bodies and also of their surroundings, and place a lot of importance on the quality and provenance of the food that they consume.

Thus, just as organic agriculture and food is experiencing a revival, there is an increased interest in herbal remedies. But not all know that these remedies can be easily manufactured in the home.

Often herbal remedies have been grown commercially under organic conditions, but the enterprising gardener can add a series of curative plants to the produce in his backyard, garden or windowsill and, armed with a good treatise on the subject, self-administer the results.

Herbal remedies can be prepared in a number of varying ways. Herbs can be eaten as culinary additives, and indeed there are certainly many herbal remedies already in your kitchen and diet, such as garlic and ginger root.

Another way to use organically grown herbs is by applying them to rough or inflamed skin, as there are several plants that are great anti-irritants or natural antiseptics. You can even make lotions at home and keep the plants' active substances for a long time. Another common way to use plants is as herbal teas.

Organic herbal gardening for medicinal purposes is a fun and fulfilling pastime, and it will also increase your and your family's wellbeing. You can find is valid information on the subject in bookstores, libraries, and also on the Internet.

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