Jewel Garden

There has been confusion in general term “herbal medicine”. The word “medicine” in itself is a broad term simply defined as, “remedy for an illness.” So anything that gives relief for anything that has a healing effect to the body can be called medicine. Not necessarily so with the use of drugs nor the use of plants with drug-like effect. So we read the dictum, “Laughter is the best medicine”. “Exercise is a good medicine.” “A good rest is a medicine for stress.” Hippocrates said, “Let food be your medicine.” The Bible says, “ A merry heart doeth good like a medicine.” But too often we hear the work medicine we immediately think of drugs. Herbal medicine is usually referred…