Medicinal Plants
for Beginners
A practical reference guide for more than 200 herbs and remedies for common diseases.
Francisco Bilardo
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Table of Contents
Introduction
The book that you, dear reader, have in your hands was conceived with the purpose of teaching you all the aspects related to medicinal plants. Understanding that the world in which we live represents, through Mother Nature, endless therapeutic options for the healing of our organism, I have decided to put at your disposal a significant amount of new knowledge that will allow you to lead a much healthier life with a 100% natural approach. After a long trajectory through different latitudes, obtaining new information, I have come to the conclusion that nature holds the vital secret for our bodies to be healed without too much exposure to the risks and side effects of drugs that are now being sold in droves by the big muscle of the pharmaceutical industry.
As an herbalist, I have devoted much of my life to discovering the effects of medicinal plants on all living organisms. My full confidence in nature comes after having understood how these resources provided by nature, through their different properties and composition, have the strength to alleviate discomfort of different types. Contrary to popular belief, the plant kingdom has an unquestionable importance in the field of medicine. Even today, that there seems to be some stigmatization on the part of medical specialists with the use of medicinal plants, these herbs are increasingly applied in pharmacology, where hundreds of new drugs based on elements or particles found in the plant kingdom are produced daily.
However, despite the skepticism of many specialists, the research that has taken place in recent decades has only confirmed something that many of us have already known for some time: medicinal plants are a solid basis for the healing and rehabilitation of human beings. As a reader, with this book you will understand why plants are increasingly necessary in any therapeutic treatment and how their properties are able to ensure the well-being of people.
All the chapters in this book have been carefully written, taking into consideration the target audience. In addition, the structure of the book facilitates a progressive knowledge of all those aspects related to medicinal plants and their proper use on a daily basis.
In the first chapter, you will join me on a dizzying and didactic walk through the years of the history of medicinal plants. You will be a timeless witness to how great emperors, doctors and philosophers of different generations have attested, through their chronicles, to the healing properties that Mother Nature offers us through her resources and her plant kingdom. Pioneering protagonists of what is now considered modern medicine (Hippocrates, among the most important) highlighted the importance of medicinal plants in their treatises. The purpose of this first chapter is for you as a reader to learn that natural medicines are not an invention of current times, but that since time immemorial they have been recognized as a totally efficient therapeutic possibility.
The second chapter is focused on providing you with a significant base of new knowledge related to medicinal plants, their properties and the benefits associated with each of them. The importance of these natural medicines on the heart and circulatory system; on the digestive system; and on the nervous system, among others. In this chapter, entitled Properties and Benefits of Medicinal Plants , I provide you with a list of 20 specific and highly functional medicinal plants, along with the scenarios in which you should apply them. In the third chapter, entitled The Appropriate Use of Medicinal Plants , I will show you how important it is to carry out all the processes properly so that the effects of medicinal plants are not lost along the way. In addition, you will find some recommendations to make your relationship with Mother Nature go far beyond its corrective and curative use.
The fourth chapter, on the other hand, is a compendium of home remedies that I put at your disposal so that you can learn all about home remedies with medicinal plants. In addition, a list of healing recipes that will be of great help in your daily routine. I think it is appropriate to note that all the information referred to in this chapter reinforces what was said in the rest of the corpus of the book: sharing with you all the knowledge I have acquired during my various journeys. As indicated in the book of this project, this is just a practical reference guide to keep in mind when recovering the health and well-being of your body.
The fifth chapter, following this order of ideas, seeks to teach you the origin of all these medicinal plants that from today will remedy your body and your mind, protecting you from common diseases. Where did plants originally come from and where to get them? is a defining chapter because it will give you a concrete idea of how some of those remedies, that are now beginning to acquire special relevance in the health of people, were discovered.
Well-being and your health are, in short, the main motivations that led me to write this book. When we understand that nature offers us so many options, we move forward in terms of quality of life. Common diseases are the order of the day; it is for this reason that I allow myself to refer you this source of new knowledge and recommendations so that you include them in your actions. As a faithful believer in nature (and its medicinal plants), I have proposed that, at the end of this reading, you will have developed two neuralgic aspects that will allow you to achieve optimal health.
