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ESWhat is Phytotherapy?
The term phytotherapy was introduced into medical science by the French physician Henri Leclerc (1870 - 1955) as a scientifically oriented continuation of the "herbal medicine" practiced until then.
Phytotherapy is therefore the science of the treatment and prevention of disorders and diseases with plants, their extracts or natural products (herbal medicines = phytopharmaceuticals).
Modern phytotherapy is not an "alternative medicine", but part of today's naturopathically oriented orthodox medicine, even though phytotherapy is one of the special therapeutic directions according to pharmaceutical law.
A phytopharmaceutical usually consists of a complex mixture of several plant ingredients, which can be subdivided into the following groups of active plant ingredients:
Phytotherapy is therefore the science of the treatment and prevention of disorders and diseases with plants, their extracts or natural products (herbal medicines = phytopharmaceuticals).
Modern phytotherapy is not an "alternative medicine", but part of today's naturopathically oriented orthodox medicine, even though phytotherapy is one of the special therapeutic directions according to pharmaceutical law.
A phytopharmaceutical usually consists of a complex mixture of several plant ingredients, which can be subdivided into the following groups of active plant ingredients: