With the rising costs of healthcare, people are being forced to turn away from traditional medicine and look towards vitamins, minerals and supplements to treat conditions that are affecting their wellness and wellbeing.
In the States, a trip to the doctor for something as minor as the common cold can cost you an average of $740, before you take into account insurance deductions. Analysts predict that the costs of health care will continue to rise and that the Affordable Care Act reforms could actually mean that an increase in health costs of around 32 percent for all families.
In order to help cut costs, families are turning their attentions to natural remedies, and this is proving to be a huge boost for the alternative medicine sector.
Maria Grovers is a Clinical Herbalist who lives in Allenstown N.H. and she now teaches families how they can use home grown herbs to help improve their day to day wellness. She says that more people than ever before are interested in how they can use herbs to sort out their daily problems.
The idea of families taking their own ability to cure themselves of minor ailments is an important one, as it helps them to take care of their families in the long term without incurring insurmountable costs. Herbs have a long history of being used to cure these types of minor illnesses.
Some even believe that herbs are more effective than any over the counter remedies, as the over the counter remedies tend to focus on masking symptoms and can actually contribute to supressing the immune system, so whilst they make you feel better in the short run, in the long run they can actually make things worse. Herbs on the other hand are both safe and effective, and can be used on adults and children, as well as more elderly members of the family.