Human takes all substances in his structure from the environment. Because he is nourished with the plants growing around him or with the living organisms living on these plants. So the substances, elements and chemicals taken from the environment according his nutrition and taking of the body show difference.

The fine balance between these elements and chemicals in the body which are like the description of health can be damaged due to accumulation or inadequacy. Light imbalances are seen as malaises in health, excess or inadequacies are among the basic reasons of illnesses.

At the beginning increasing appetite to the decreased substances, lack of appetite to the excess substances and nausea try to protect this balance. But unbalance can’t be corrected by appetite mostly because habits manage the appetite. Unbalance of some elements show itself like excess lack of appetite, excess appetite or variation in appetite and they are hard to solve. Variation of appetite which is called as food craving in pregnancy is an example of this.

We can avoid all these risks not with excess nutrition but with balanced nutrition. The damaged balances can be corrected for a certain extent with the help of plants providing that it is not too late.

Plants are fed from the environment from which the people are fed also. Some take iron most from the soil, it is effective for anemia, for example like dead nettle. Some store the cobalt element which is the co factor – the key- of insulin hormone and it is especially used in diabetes; like thyme. Some produce chemicals mostly which are effective in the neural system; like Melissa, gentian flower. Some are intense in terms of diuretic; like corn silk, parsley…

So we can say that it is possible to decrease the excess substances in the body, fulfill the deficiencies, support the chemical events in the body with plants. In summary, protecting the body from illnesses or if the illness has shown up being mediocre effective with the help of plants is possible. After being applied correctly, combining it with acupuncture which is an effective and harmless method can give results beyond prediction.