jueves, 14 de febrero de 2008

Alternative Medicine

In Colombia, the alternative medicine is based on recipes of native Indians, healers and our grandmothers. Although the medicines aren’t known, they are effective. In Colombia, the principal treatments are medicinal herbs, but the handling of the properties of this herbs changes in others countries, for example China.

In this country, the handling of medicinal herbs is named fitotherapy; both treatments and principles are similar, but the technique is different. The fitotherapy studies the medicinal properties of herbs; the prevention and cure of disease are the principal objectives. Therefore in this country, approximately 5000 species of herbs have been classified with different properties and utilities.

In contrast, Colombian treatments with medicinal herbs are infusions, creams, soups, juices, extracts, compresses, scents, etc. Both techniques are different with the same objective: The health care.


Jorge Enrique Perea
Cod: 200710711
Group 10

1 comentario:

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Liliana