

Herbs and Actions
By Dr. Ranvir Pahwa, MSc, DHM, AHN, PGD Tox, DOHS, DNM, PhD Medicinal Herbs and their products work in different ways. They work on various organs, systems, tissues and cells to help correct symptoms and encourage healthy functioning. Different herbs have been categorized according to their action-mechanism on the body based on the organs and diseases and symptoms they help. One can coin this as Herbal Pharmacology. The action mechanism of some important herbs is provided for