The Healing Power of Medicinal Plants in Mexico: A Comprehensive Guide

2023-11-07 19:10:11

In Mexico the use of medicinal plants and traditional or herbal medicine is very popular. Surely at some point someone in your family has recommended you drink chamomile, horsetail or lime blossom tea to help soothe some discomfort.

According to the Ministry of Health, 90% of the Mexican population has chosen to use some of the 4,500 medicinal plants in Mexico at least once in their life, says Roberto Campos Navarro, an academic at the Faculty of Medicine of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), and remember that our country occupies second place in the world in this type of documented flora.

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Botany has been the most accessible and effective medicine for people and communities in Mexico. The pre-Hispanic Codex De la Cruz-Badiano, chronicles and other documents from the Colony and countless modern exhaustive research developed by prestigious universities and other national and foreign knowledge centers.

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In Mexico – and other parts of the world – plants can be used in various ways to help soothe pain or discomfort, from macerated preparations, tonics, infusions or even ointments. Also, plants can be used to help maintain better physical, emotional, mental and spiritual health.

In Mexico, the use of herbs with healing properties is very old and to this day has become a common practice. Generally the leaves or flowers are used and sporadically, the stem and root.

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