Hardly anyone will dispute the growing environmental
consciousness that has taken place on a global scale in the past
10 years. The term green has become a part of our everyday
lexicon. It should come as no surprise then that the “green
awakening” has now trickled down to how we take care of our
bodies. What is green medicine, you ask? Green medicine is
defined as taking a more holistic approach to healing. Green
medicine goes beyond trying to understand the physical and
encompasses the mental, emotional, environmental, energetic,
psychic, and spiritual aspects of the human experience that can
also impact our overall health and sense of well-being. Much
like the green movement taking place with the environment,
advocates of green medicine strive to reduce the amount of
toxins that enter our bodies. In this case, the toxins are the
drugs produced by pharmaceutical companies. Advocates of green
medicine believe that the body has the extraordinary ability and
power to repair and rebuild itself and to help revers