UK-Skeptics
It is a UK registered not-for-profit organization (No: 05819701) which is administered by director John Jackson and non-executive directors Dr. Wendy Cousins and Dr. Jason Braithwaite.Herbal medicine is a pseudoscientific approach to healthcare and healing. It is based on mystical thinking and there is little quality scientific evidence to support the claims of its efficacy.
Eastern herbal medicine still adheres to the mystical approach in its theories whilst western herbalists tend to use herbs for the ingredients they contain mixing and matching them in the way that conventional medicine does with modern drugs.The three main branches of herbal medicine are
The Western herbal tradition based on Greek, Roman and medieval sources,The Ayurvedic tradition of India,Chinese herbal medicine.
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