{"id":2261,"date":"2022-08-15T02:21:18","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T02:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/?p=2261"},"modified":"2022-08-15T02:21:18","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T02:21:18","slug":"is-a-healthy-medical-alternative-growing-right-in-our-back-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/?p=2261","title":{"rendered":"Is a healthy medical alternative growing right in our back garden?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In recent years, especially following the global pandemic, there has been a resurgence in interest in traditional and herbal medicine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And with a country as rich in biodiversity as ours, the treatment for what ails you, could be right in our backyard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Refiloe Mpakanyane spoke to the chairperson of the SA Association of Registered Phytotherapists &#8211; Dr Caren Hauptfleisch about some of the medical benefits of our traditional herbs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Traditional herbs in South Africa have a wide range of medicinal properties that, when used alone or in combination with conventional medication, can work wonders in improving your health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A plant like rooibos can have anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, and Kankerbossie can help ward off infections and boost your immunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.702.co.za\/articles\/452083\/is-a-healthy-medical-alternative-growing-right-in-our-back-garden\">702.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent years, especially following the global pandemic, there has been a resurgence in interest in traditional and herbal medicine.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2225,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alternative-medicine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2261"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2262,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2261\/revisions\/2262"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}