There is a lot of misunderstanding about exactly what natural medicine is. Is aromatherapy worthwhile? Is it a con? What does it really treat? In this post I’d like to describe the concepts of natural medicine, and maybe dispell many of the confusion surrounding it.

Natural medicine is simply the use of traditional remedies, natural methods, and herbal medicines, to cure illness. Most cultures in the world have a long history of natural medicine. Many types of healing treatments, such as alternative medicine, fall under the term natural medicine.

A number of herbal medicines have been present for thousands of years in Chinese and Indian society. Natural medicines tend to be inexpensive and risk free, in stark contrast to many modern manufactured drugs, and have few if any side effects.

Since the creation of the popular penicillin, traditional natural medicine therapies have fallen out of favour or been forgotten. However, alternative treatments like acupuncture are making a comback. More and more doctors are beginning to realise their benefits, and many scientific studies are being carried out to measure their effectiveness compared to modern medicine.

With more people becoming aware of the vast amount of chemicals we absorb into our bodies - either from treatments or food - natural medicine is surely becoming a more viable treatment in our modern society.