Medicinal herbs have been used for thousands of years in treating a wide range of common health problems. These illnesses range anywhere from the common cold to circulatory diseases. Herbs are selected to treat each ailment depending on their active ingredients and how the human body reacts to them.

History

The first recorded use of herbal medicines was in 2800BC in the Pen Ts'ap by Shen Nung. Around 400BC, Hippocrates described herbs, when accompanied by exercise and good health, as being the cornerstones of health. Around 200AD, the herbal practitioner, Galen, developed a classification of illnesses along with their remedies.

Herbal medicines continued to grow more popular throughout the years proving their effectiveness, until the 1600sAD. At this point in time, herbs were seen as being treatment for the poor, where as the rich used `dugs'. Herbs continued to...