History of Herbal Medicine

The development of treatment using drugs nutritious plants has been achieved in line with the development of western medicine which has been recognized internationally. The use of herbal medicines or plants as medicine said parents with the same age man himself. Since the days of old food and medicines can not be separated, and many plants eaten as a healthful for benefits

In the Ancient Egyptian era, where the slaves were given ransum onion each day to help eliminate a lot of fever and infection disease that commonly occur at that time. Note that since first writing about drugs and various plants have been collected by khasiatnya people kuni Egypt. Where is the pastor at that time was to ancient Egypt and practice herbal treatment. Century from 1500 BC have been noted to make various medicinal plants, including cinnamon and caraway.

Oran the ancient Greeks and Romans also had to herbal treatment. When they make perjaalanan to land a new variety of the doctor they found a variety of plants such as new drugs Rosemary and lavender. This itupun directly introduced in the new country. Many of the other culture that has a history of treatment with the plant or herbal medicine is the China and India.

In the UK, the use of medicinal plants grown in parallel with the establishment of a monastery, a monastery in the country, and has tamanan each drug used to treat the clergy and the local population. In some areas, especially Wales and Scotland, the people and the Druid healer Celtik have a tradition about herbalisme, where medicines adukkan mixed with religion and ritual. The development of herbal knowledge along with the creation and printing on the 15 th century have been first on the distribution of the "plant-plant medicine."

Around year 1630, John Parkinson from London to write a variety of medicinal plants which is very useful plant. Nicholas Culpepper (1616-1654) with his most famous is "The Complete Herbal and English Physician, Enlarged, published in the year 1649. in the year 1812, Henry Potter bisinsnya have started providing various medicinal plant trade and loan. When it is a lot of traditional knowledge and folklore about the plant medicines can be found from the UK, Europe, Middle East, Asia, and America. So Potter pushed back to write the book "Potter's Encyclopaedia of Botanical Drug and Preparatians", which to this very day is still published.

Year 1864 National Association of Medical Herbalists established, organizing training for practitioners of herbal and maintain standards-standard treatment practices. Until early this century many institute has been established to study the herbal treatment. How the development of herbal medicines that have more natural growth of the support and popularity. Herbal medicines can be regarded as preliminary farmakologi modern, but now herbal medicines continue to this method as a more natural and effective to prevent and cure disease.

Globally, herbal medicines more common practice of conventional medicine. In many rural areas continue to grow herbal treatment in various fertile folklore, tradition, and local practices. Progress very rapidly to this day where many of the herbalis rely on their knowledge about medicines that come from plants to treat and treat disease.

History of drug or herbal plants in Indonesia based on historical fact Indonesia is genuine drugs. Note that history shows in the area of the archipelago of the century up to 5 to 19 with abab, the plants of most drugs is the major communities for our traditional treatment for the disease and health maintenance. Kingdom in the region such as Indonesia Sriwijaya, and Mataram Mojopahit reached some peak of glory and leaving many of the world be admired, is a product that people rely on traditional health maintenance of plant medicine.

Many types of plants used in single or compound to be a custodian of health. Knowledge of medicinal plants in the region Nusantara inheriting knowledge from generation to generation, and ongoing diperkaya with the knowledge from outside the archipelago, particularly from China and India. But with the inclusion of treatment in modern Indonesia, with the establishment of the school doctor bred in Jakarta in 1904, then gradually and systematic use of plants as medicinal drugs have been abandoned. And has been put out on drugs, modern chemistry, the use of medicinal plants are considered ancient, dangerous and backward.

As a result, people in general do not recognize the plant and its use as a medicinal drug. However, there is still a real effort to conserve and utilize plant drugs in the documentation, such as K. Heyne, wrote the book "Useful Plants of Indonesia",. Dr. Seno Sastroamidjojo, with his book "Original Indonesian medicine". Mengembangankan effort and some knowledge of medicinal plants and application in treatment. When this is used in herbal medicine treatment clinic Traditional RS.Dr., Sutomo Surabaya and several large hospitals in Jakarta are also providing herbal medicine.

Some of the last decade there is a global tendency to return to nature. Tendency to return to the natural or "back to nature", in the field on the herbal treatment is very strong in the countries most advanced and influential in developing countries such as Indonesia. Education institutions training herbalpun now many people are interested. Concern importance we akan plant or herbal medicine that has been a while since relic in need lestarikan and apply as in other countries who have been using herbal medicine as an ancestor.

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