Herbs have been used to heal mind and body since the beginning of human existence and continue to play a vital and integral part in medical systems and cultures across the world. Modern herbal medicine continues to draw on this rich healing legacy while evolving in the light of new knowledge. The aim of the URHP, whose members represent different herbal traditions, is to preserve the vitality and complexity of these many strands of herbal medicine.
It was only the 19th Century that conventional medicine began to use synthetic drugs on a large scale and to dominate western medicine practice.
Though many manufactured drugs are still based on the chemistry of living plants, conventional medicine prefers to isolate and employ what it regards as the single active compound. By contrast, herbal medicine has always been committed to the principle of holism and employs the full range of the plants healing properties.
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