NOTE: we are unable to supply these products to the general public. They are only available on professional recommendation to patients registered at the Phoenix Homeopathy clinic. Please do not attempt to buy these products unless they have been recommended for you by our clinic practitioner! (See the main 'Herbal Products' department for herbal tinctures available for retail sale)
For thousands of years, herbs have been used to help maintain many aspects of health and wellness. Today, research and technology are bringing herbalism into the modern age – with improved extraction, standardisation, and farming methods. Clinical studies are beginning to validate herbal therapies, so even some in the medical community are starting to accept them.
Many of today's medicines were originally derived from botanicals, of course. Aspirin once came from the white willow tree, quinine from the bark of the cinchona tree, and digitalis from foxglove. Herbs still form the basis for Chinese medicine and are important constituents of many European natural remedies. As Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine, said, Let they food by thy medicine, thy medicine be thy food.
Herbal products can work really fast for all sorts of problems, and there are plenty of good books available, packed full of great self-help advice - one of the best reference books if you're interested in this subject is Herbal Remedies by Asa Hershoff and Andrea Rotelli. However, it's important to remember that herbal products contain molecules of active substance, and should be treated with respect. If you're in any doubt as to the suitability of a herbal product for your particular needs, get the advice of a good holistic healthcare practitioner before taking herbs. This is especially important if you are taking orthodox medications, are planning a family or are pregnant or breastfeeding, and in the case of children. And if you don't like the way a herbal product makes you feel - stop taking it and get advice.
