Botanicals
Botanicals are medicinal herb plants: the leaf, flower, bud, stem or root may be used. Botanical medicines can either stimulate or boost normal function, or they can act to calm excessive activity of a hormone, gland or tissue. Nowadays there are excellent methods for extracting and concentrating herbs, to free up and standardize effective doses of their active constituents. Herbs are much better absorbed when taken between meals with water, herbal tea or broth, rather than with food.
