Herbal medicine is a therapy that uses plants to treat, relieve or prevent diseases.
Thanks to their molecular complexity (they contain on average 75 to 80 active molecules), plants are valuable resources for deeply rebalancing the body and limiting the risk of relapses.
So, they are great allies to help us regulate the synthesis of our hormones.
In fact, herbal medicine is part of holistic medicine, that is to say, medicine which focuses on the patient as a whole and not just the part of the body affected by the symptom.
In this sense, it is a medicine of choice for understanding our hormones, these true “conductors” of our organism whose balance is essential to the quest for the state of complete well-being advocated by the WHO.
A holistic medicine
While it is possible to use plants in so-called “crisis” treatment, that is, to quickly relieve a symptom, the power of herbal medicine lies above all in its ability to have a regulatory action on the body. In this sense, it is part of a holistic medicine that aims to deeply rebalance the body to limit the risk of recurrence.
What is holistic medicine?
It is the fact of looking at the patient in his entirety, taking into account as a whole, all the symptoms that he feels. The objective is therefore to consider each individual as a whole, and to link together the different symptoms that he may suffer from in order to identify a common cause. This medicine aims to aim for true harmony and to rebalance the body.
Holistic medicine uses different types of so-called complementary medicines to move towards a multidisciplinarity that allows us to see the patient as a whole. Here, we seek to pool the strength of the different medical specialties for the most comprehensive patient care possible.
The goal is to move towards a state of complete well-being, as advocated by the WHO in its definition of health.
In this way, we do not treat a disease but we take care of a patient in all their complexity, based on the principle that all their symptoms can be connected.
If so-called conventional medicine aims above all to treat a symptom, holistic medicine presents a real complementarity for a global care of the patient with, in addition to the desire to relieve, the concern to prevent a possible recurrence.
Understanding your body means giving yourself the means to act
This is perhaps where the basis of holistic medicine lies, since in order to consider the organism as a whole, it will be essential to understand how it works.
Also, the use of holistic medicine requires a perfect mastery of physiology, that is to say, knowledge of how our body works, in order to be able to identify the slightest imbalance as early as possible. This is why it is important to approach health professionals qualified in phytotherapy before using plants to treat yourself.
Because let us recall here the first adage of medicine, whether natural or not:
First, no harm done
First, do no harm
And if there is one area that is particularly studied within the framework of holistic medicine, it is that of our hormones.
Plants and hormones
As we can see, our hygiene and dietary habits are the main source of hormonal imbalances that many of us suffer from. Endocrine disruptors, deficiency in nutrients essential to our hormonal synthesis, poor elimination of “waste” from our body… But if our environment is capable of inducing disturbances for which we are the first to “pay the price”, it also has the power to rebalance everything.
Nature offers us fabulous allies to rebalance our body and keep us in good health. These allies are found in the nutrients we consume, essential for the production of our hormones, but also in plants, vitamins and minerals.
The principle is simple, rather than using a chemical molecule that will compensate for the dysfunction of a hormone, the objective will be to identify the cause of this dysfunction in order to correct it. With this approach, we do not replace a hormone, we help our body to produce it better by itself.
There are many studies that show the benefits of plants in improving our hormonal synthesis and they all tend to show us a natural way, without side effects, to take charge of our hormonal imbalances in a sustainable way.
But because they are active, and above all powerful, plants are not to be used lightly or at any time. The dose, the form, the time and the duration of taking are all factors to take into account to guarantee a beneficial and optimal effect. Also, it is recommended to always call on a health professional who can guide you to help you regain your full health, in complete safety.
