Many people use herbal or natural medicines as primary treatment for ailments. The use of herbal or plant natural ingredients in medicine is also ancient.
But can conventional herbal products be used as substitutes for drugs prepared following scientific procedures?
According to the World Health Organization, 80 percent of the world's people use various types of first aid for diseasesHerbal or natural medicines are used.
Not only that, these alternative or herbal products are also popular as 'over the counter medicine' in the western world. 25 percent of people in the United States regularly use them for various physical problems.
The use of herbal or plant natural ingredients in medicine is not today. Various natural ingredients have been used in medicine since ancient times. We all know that quinine bark Malaria medicine is made from The pain reliever morphine is made from opium.
The heart drug digitalis or aspirin also comes from a plant. But there are some differences between medicines and such herbal products. A drug, from whatever source it is manufactured, is approved only after it passes various stages of scientific testing.
There are specific doses or dosages, side effect labels, and guidelines on how to use for which disease.No one has the authority to take that medicine without a doctor's prescription. On the other hand, herbal ingredients are not so thoroughly tested.
FDA allows them to be sold in the market as they are not harmful for general consumption. It does not require a license to use it. But how effective it is to cure any disease, cannot be said for sure. Usually they are aimed at healing or treating diseasesNo, rather it is used as a cure, comfort and supplement.
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