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Putting the ‘smart’ in natural medicine
Natural medicine, scientifically tested for safety and efficacy
Did you know? The oldest written record of herbal medicine is a 5000-year-old Sumerian clay tablet with 12 recipes for herbal medicine.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines herbal medicine as “herbs, herbal materials, herbal preparations and finished herbal products, that contain as active ingredients parts of plants, or other plant materials, or combinations”.
Natural medicines are recognised by the WHO as a key part of health maintenance and disease prevention. Many people rely on natural herbal medicine to manage chronic symptoms in an affordable and sustainable way.
SmartHerbals products have extensive indigenous knowledge and modern clinical and/or pre-clinical data that supports their use in managing human health.
Addressing social needs with natural medicine
The story begins over 10 years ago - harnessing the power of Aloe in health.
The challenge is AIDS-related diarrhoea, severe diarrhoea caused by the virus and by many of the anti-retroviral drugs used to control it. The aloe-based colon regulator is affordable, effective, and safe in treating severe diarrhoea, but also in other gut-health issues like constipation and bloating.
In 2022, Smart Biotech establishes SmartHerbals to bring Healthy Gut, and other life-changing natural medicines, to market.
SmartHerbals Healthy Gut exemplifies the type of natural medicine that SmartHerbals aims to market in South Africa - it addresses a real social need, has been clinically tested for safety and efficacy, and it uses natural ingredients.
Introducing SmartHerbals
In nature, plants are challenged by a wide variety of herbivores, bacteria, fungi, and viruses. Consequently, they have developed a veritable arsenal of compounds that dissuade, defend against, or even dispatch their enemies. These compounds, called secondary metabolites (in contrast to the primary metabolites that are needed for growth and development), are what humans have relied on as medicine since pre-historic times.
Globally, around 80% of people turn to phytomedicines (medicine made from plants) to treat acute and chronic health conditions. However, not all treatments have been scientifically tested in clinical settings to determine the best form, dosage, treatment regimen, and safety of these herbal remedies.
We select only herbal products that have been thoroughly tested for the conditions we claim they treat. In doing so, we promote access to trustworthy phytomedicines.