Welcome to Herbal Medicine Week.
Once a year, in the last week of October, we celebrate all things herbal with National Herbal Medicine Week.
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that approximately 80% of the world’s population use traditional medicine for their primary health care needs and most of this therapy involves the use of plant extracts or the active components from plants.
Modern Western herbal medicine emphasises the effects of herbs on the whole body and individual body systems.
The aim of herbal medicine is to produce persisting improvements in health and wellbeing. Herbal medicine practitioners aim to treat the underlying risk factors and triggers of disease.
Reference: McEwen B. Vitamedicine: Foundations for Optimising Health and Wellbeing. Balboa Press; 2024.