Let food become your medicine and your medicine become your food – Hippocrates
When Hippocrates, the father of Medicine, said this phrase about 2,400 years ago, it was considered something simple and perfectly understandable for the simple way of life and diet of his fellow human beings. Today, after 2 millennia and the tremendous differences in lifestyle, way of thinking and diet, it sounds complex and demanding.
The consumption of various herbs, whether for therapeutic or preventive purposes, must always be done properly and in moderation. The analysis of the correct dosage for children, adults and pregnant women will follow in an article on the proper use of herbs. But proper consumption is not limited to that. There are some basic principles that must be followed in order not to lead to overdoses and especially complications.
Stomach upset is the result of many factors. It can be the daily stress that does not facilitate proper digestion and “hits” the stomach, poor diet, hurried and junk meals, even the body’s predisposition or intolerance to some food that we insist on eating because it simply satisfies our palate.
Mugwort know as Artemisia vulgaris, is a widespread herb for many therapeutic uses, both physically and spiritually!
You have aloe vera in your garben but you don’t know how to use it? It is easy to extract your own gel and particularly healthy for both internal and external use! The antioxidant activity of aloe protects the body from free radicals, prevents premature aging of the organs and the skin and is ideal for a wide range of uses!
"Your food is your medicine and your medicine is your food."
