Green pharmacy
Green pharmacy is the design of pharmaceutical products and processes that eliminate or reduce significantly the use and generation of hazardous substances and the prevention/reduction of environmental/safety and health impacts at the source.
- Herbal medicine also called botanical medicine or phyto medicine.
- Herbalism is a traditional medicinal or folk medicine practice based on the use of a plant’s seeds, Berries, roots.
Plants had been used for medicinal purposes long before recorded history. Ancient Chinese and Egyptianpapyrus writings describe medicinal uses for plants. In the early 19th century: scientists began to extract and modify the active ingredients from plants. Recently, WHO estimated that 80% of people worldwide rely on herbal medicines for some part of their primary health care.
Herbal medicines are very usefull in the treatment of following deseases:
- Asthma
- Eczema
- Premenstrual syndrome
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Migraine headach
- Menopausal symptoms
- Chronic fatigue
- Irritable bowel syndrome
Some products on this list include: