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We live in a world with high-tech drugs and hundreds of amazing medical advancements. Why use herbal medicine, anyway? According to Cat Ellis, there are four big reasons why you should consider using herbs as medicine:
Herbal Medicine is Available to Everyone
Forget expensive accreditation and licensing—anyone and everyone can learn about and use herbs. After all, plants grow everywhere. And information about plants grows everywhere, too. There is plenty of free information online, along with helpful books, online/in-person courses, webinars, and organizations like the American Herbalists Guild.
Herbal Medicine is Affordable
Do you know how much rattlesnake antivenom costs today in America? This life-saving medical treatment could cost a snakebite victim at least $75,000! While medical treatment and health insurance costs keep rising, herbs cost basically the price of seeds. (You can get heirloom seeds, including many herb seeds, from our sponsor, Seeds for Generations.)
Herbal Medicine is Safe & Sustainable
If you get solid training from solid sources, herbal medicine is extremely safe and effective, both today and in the future. Reliance upon herbal medicine is much more sustainable in the long-run. After all, we can’t stock up on prescription drugs ahead of time, but herbs produce year after year. And they produce where we live, unlike pharmaceuticals, the manufacture of which we’ve now completely outsourced to China.
Herbal Medicine is Satisfying
Learning how to use plants as medicine empowers you and your family to be more prepared for the future. Regardless of your situation, financial status, or location, working with plants and plant-based medicines is enjoyable and extremely satisfying. And that’s just one of the answers to that pressing question: why use herbal medicine?
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If you’ve ever left a doctor’s office with a prescription for antibiotics, and then RIPPED IT UP before you even reached the parking lot (or you’ve taken antibiotics that you NEVER WANTED because you didn’t know what else to do), then you’ll want to check this out.
Your instincts are right. There ARE more natural ways to handle serious infections, cuts, wounds, animal bites, breaks, sprains, and more!
Want to Learn More from Herbalist Cat Ellis?
Cat presented a training session in our Summit Online Course about how to make your own herbal medicines, including different preparation methods and overviews of her favorite 20 herbs. This course provides 30+ training sessions from experts like Cat Ellis, Wardee Harmon, Rick Austin, Wranglerstar, Sharon Peterson, Noah Sanders, Michael Bunker, Scott Hunt, and many more. It's a 45+ hours of content and includes $130+ in bonuses, too!
Read the Entire Herbal Medicine Chest blog series:
Introduction
Herbal Preparations
Herbs
- Herbs for the Circulatory System
- Herbs for the Respiratory System
- Herbs for Injuries and Pain
- Infection-fighting Herbs