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Here are five of the best-researched herbs for health that are proven and tested by scientists in clinical studies:

1. Ginseng - of all the various herbs for health, ginseng is one of the most widely studied. It helps increase memory and learning by improving circulation, and has also been shown to reduce cholesterol and protect the liver from dangerous toxins.

2. Astragalus - haven’t heard of this one? This herb has actually been used as an immunity booster in China for thousands of years. According to experts, astragalus helps strengthen digestion, raise metabolism, strengthen your immune system and promote wound healing.

3. Milk Thistle - more than 100 scientific studies have revealed that milk thistle extract regenerates, regulates and strengthens liver functions. Its antioxidant qualities are vital as this herb stimulates the body to produce superoxide dismutase, one of the two primary antioxidants the body can manufacture.

4. Echinacea - an amazing ability to activate white blood cells and stimulate the regeneration of the cellular connective tissue and the epidermis belongs to this herb. Echinacea has also been observed to protect non-infected cells against viral infections, and is therefore regarded as an influenza preventer.

5. Licorice - of all the herbs for health, licorice is the most researched as an antiviral and in the treatment of gastrointestinal ulceration. As one health researcher explained, “licorice gets into a painful, contracted, tight digestive tract and coats the raw places, relaxes the clenched-up muscles and acts as a local anti-inflammatory.” If you ever had experienced stomach problems such as ulcers, this is the best herb to use for treatment. It can even be used for mouth ulcers.

Researchers are fast finding out that certain herbs and spices are better alternatives to treatment than  usual prescriptive medications. This fact, supported by tests and clinical trials, has resulted in a growing number of conventional medicinal practitioners embracing this ancient truth, in favour of herbs for health.

You’re obviously intelligent enough to know that herbs have been used by mankind as medicines for thousands of years. And way back then, we only had certain illnesses that are less than the calendar days in a year.

Fast forward to the present and it looks like every corner you turn, there’s a new disease (chronic or acute) that’s popping up. Is it because of people not taking care of themselves? Or maybe the result of side effects, contraindications and complications from taking way too many drugs in our lifetime?

The concept of herbs for health has grown out of a realization that allopathic medicine does not have all the answers. More and more men and women are wanting to balance their lives and their health the same way Hippocrates and the early herbalists suggested eons ago.

No longer should we be entirely dependent on “strong” drugs for most of the ailments that we face on a daily basis (e.g. headaches, common cold, coughs, slight fever, allergies) when the gentler action of herbs can do the work.

Herbs for health should be supported by all doctors – otherwise, they’d all be out of jobs in the next coming decade when the sickness industry comes to a close, and we all enter into health and wellness.

There are many herbs for health being used today. From aloe vera, feverfew, knotgrass, sage, and to the yarrow, these plants have proven that there are far more better alternatives to conventional medicine which can amazingly treat and prevent certain diseases from recurring.

Ginger is just one of these herbs for health that has been used for thousands of years for many different kinds of ailments. It is a wonderful plant to use during the winter months because of its warming properties. Today however, the most common medicinal use of ginger is for nausea.

This simple herb is used in cases of motion sickness when travelling, postoperative vomiting, nausea during pregnancy, and most gastrointestinal problems. They are often bought in the form of ginger sticks or ginger ale.

If you are a constant traveller, once you consume this herb you imbibe, although subconsciously, a healing plant for motion sickness. Research has been well documented and proven beyond doubt in high-quality clinical studies on the effectiveness of ginger rhizome for the prevention of dizziness, nausea, and vomiting as symptoms of kinetosis (motion sickness). The same goes for postoperative vomiting and vomiting during pregnancy.

This ancient medicine has also been given a scientific approval to stimulate digestion for those with these types of gastrointestinal disorders. It’s more common usage at the present moment though, is to prevent the symptoms of travel sickness. Definitely a must-have herb for the man or woman who’s always away from home.

There’s a lot of other herbs for health available if you know where to look. Ginger is just one of the amazing discoveries