How are Herbal Medicines Different from Conventional Medicines?
Each herb contains dozens of active chemicals that occur in a natural form. The Chinese believe that these actives have evolved in nature side by side for good reason and to separate one from the other would be upsetting a natural balance, of which human beings are also a part. The modern scientific approach is to isolate the directly effective actives and manufacture them synthetically, producing powerful drugs that may also have unwanted side effects.
