Q. What is Herbal Medicine? A. Herbal medicine, or herbalism, is the use of plants as therapy. More specifically, it involves the use of extracts and naturally occurring chemical compounds from certain plant parts, which are believed to have therapeutic effects. Plant parts and extracts aren’t the only source of treatments in this branch of medicine. Herbal medicine may also make use of...

Acupuncture is an old Chinese tradition adopted by many nations around the world today, and it involves inserting fine needles into specific parts of someone’s body. They believe that it helps to rebalance energy, allowing the person undergoing this treatment to heal from all sorts of medical problems in a more natural way. When alternative medicines were popularized in Western countries,...