Some pharmacognostical implications of herbal medicine and other forms of medicine involving plants.

Abstract

on the plant kingdom. The underlying philosophy behind modern drug treatment is based on the concept that life consists of a series of independent, yet inter-related enzymaticallycontrolled biochemical reactions taking place in all the cells comprising the human body. When these chemical reactions slow down or stop, or are speeded up or are modified, then the tissue containing these cells become abnormal and the person becomes ill. It may be that the presence of living, invading organisms, e.g. bacteria, fungi, or viruses with their own biochemical reactions