Some people think that plants are safe and that self-medication is therefore without risk. But unfortunately, herbal care is not without its health hazards. Since the dawn of time, man has used plants to heal himself, mainly a women's work that requires a greater knowledge of nature. Called healers, witches, magicians or shamans, women have put their knowledge forward to allow humans to heal and evolve.

Drug interactions: when allopathy mixes with nature

Healers have fallen silent over time to make way for science, drugs, allopathic treatments and the global medical field. The alternative medicines have been stifled at the expense of certain knowledge and wisdom. Nevertheless, a wave of revival has been appearing in recent decades hinting at the ancestral powers of plants.

Today, the world oscillates between allopathic medicine and natural traditional medicine with the risk of a harmful cocktail appearing for humans. Indeed, knowledge of herbs is important for safe and effective use. Learning natural science is essential to best heal an ailment with plants, nature, ancestral wisdom.

Drug interactions: dangerous cocktails.

Taking an herbal remedy is not without risk. Indeed, the vegetables also have important contraindications for the good health of everyone. Therefore, knowing your body, knowing the plants and seeking advice from a knowledgeable therapist or doctor is essential for the proper intake of certain remedies.

Because some mixtures are dangerous, even deadly, be careful not to treat yourself naturally, without knowledge of the risks. Let's find out some remedies you may be taking every day that are worth a closer look.

• Turmeric: Avoid taking turmeric. turmeric - Turmeric longa - taken concurrently with anticoagulants. Moreover, your treatment with turmeric must be stopped 2 weeks before a surgical operation or a childbirth because it becomes a blood thinner.

• Lemon balm. Avoid taking this plant - melissa officinalis - with a hypothyroid treatment. Indeed, the therapeutic action of lemon balm could block thyroid activity, a real danger to endocrine health. The risk is similar with black radish, a plant very often used during a detox.

• Dandelion. Avoid a treatment with dandelion - taraxacum officinalis - often used during a spring drain liver/kidney, if you are already taking diuretics. The effect of the cocktail may increase diuretic action. From then on, the danger of losing a significant amount of mineral salts is present.

• Valerian. Avoid taking Valerian - valeriana officinalis -, so effective in smoking cessation, if you are taking anxiolytics or hypnotics. Indeed, the action will be tenfold and therefore dangerous for health.

• Gingko biloba. Avoid taking gingko - gingko biloba - if you are already takingantidepressants. The joint action could potentiate the effects and have rathersevere health consequences for the patient.

• St. John's wort. this natural remedy for depression - so effective - must however be taken with great care. Indeed, it disrupts blood pressure if taken with antidepressants of the MAOI (monoamine oxidase inhibitor) type. In addition, it also counteracts the effect of oral contraceptives and women are not always informed of this effect.

Finally, it will be advisable to avoid sun exposure while taking this natural treatment.

"Herb and drug" interactions: for balance.

Your health as well as your body are not playgrounds. Therefore, be careful with the power of plants, they are not without danger and may even disturbyour body even more if you do not pay real attention to them. Plants have important therapeutic properties that should not be overlooked.

In case of illness without emergency, prefer a therapeutic cure through plants so that they allow your body to regain energy, vitality and regenerative strength. Nevertheless, in case of emergency and more serious illness, allopathic medicine has all its interest to allow a quick resolution of certain problems.