Herbal Mixtures
MEDICINAL MIXTURES
By: Maximilian Muller
Although herb mixtures sound like the go to cure for a witch doctor they might have some positive benefits in fighting disease in the modern world. The way that the human body fights a virus is by originally dispelling most of the germs as soon as possible. This leads to fevers, vomiting, congestion, and many other uncomfortable symptoms; but in the past herbs were used to treat the symptoms yet they could be used to treat the virus. The way that a virus spreads through the body is by hijacking a cell and replicating the virus’ DNA in the cell and bursting with new viruses coming out which repeat the process. This keeps drugs like antibiotics from getting rid of them due to the virus not being bacteria. This leaves the body susceptible to them in a world with seven billion people who can spread viruses like wildfire due to how cramped society has become. In this growing world, a new type of remedy might be needed to combat the threat of illness around the globe. 
Herb mixtures have been receiving more attention from the scientific community due to the availability and safety associated with this treatment method. First the history of herbal medicine is important to understand in order to fully comprehend the benefits of this treatment option. Shamans and other ancient healers would use plants to heal the people in their settlement, the way that they knew it worked was from observing animals eating plants. This led to them using it on their patients which started medicine for our species. This is important namely in modern society since it dampens the effects of natural selection since they save people who would have otherwise died if not for the treatments. This is with modern medicine, but it is important to occasionally return to the beginning of a field in order to advance in it. The main reason that researchers would return to such an ancient technology is because it has worked in the past and has been neglected for hundreds of years. The results of this research could change the world and how people view disease.
One of the most important components of using mixtures are how they are used today if you look at the HIV virus people are given a cocktail or mixture of drugs that cope with the effects of the disease. If we were to investigate herbal mixtures, we might be able to find a cure depending on what herbs we mix together. Plants that are not eaten by animals have toxins in them, but this also hurts the plant, so it creates counter measures to keep the organism safe and what happened was that in small dosages these plants were beneficial to the creatures eating them. The chances that one of these plants could yield a result that could cure some viruses are very high but the problem with studying this is how difficult it is to tell which herb could have messed up the mixture. Researchers then must go to excessive lengths in order to correct any problems that might present themselves in the research. Overall the benefit of researching this type of treatment is important since the plants are easily able to produce large amounts of mixtures compared to highly processed chemical drugs. Not to mention that they are healthier for the body than artificially produced medicines from a lab. Herbal mixtures will continue to grow in popularity as more research is done.
This field of study will continue as diseases continue to mutate since humans constantly need something in order to prevent people for falling ill and dying. This field is also important considering that medicine like antibiotics come from penicillin which is a form of bacteria that kills other bacteria which helps to heal but it still comes from nature. So, the need for new herbal mixtures is important to processing newer and stronger drugs to heal people from much more serious diseases. The future of this research is vital to protecting people and developing our understanding of the natural world. If it was not for this research many weaker melodies for weaker illnesses would make the common cold a nightmare for most but with this research helps people to cope with the uncomfortable symptoms. This research is still very open and a lot of new discoveries can still be made.
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