Herbal Medicines for curing diseases

Herbs have been used for medicinal values from very ancient times for health care. Research has proved that from 119 plant-derived herbs, pharmaceutical medicine have made use of some, that were used earlier by native cultures.
Herbs have been used for cancer, HIV, heart disease, indigestion, insomnia and premenstrual syndrome. In present day some of prescription drugs are still derived from trees, shrubs and herbs. Some are made from plant extracts and others are synthesized.

But still modern medicine has kept away from the use of pure herbs in its treatment for various reasons, one being no company can exclusively hold the right to sell a particular herb and so the collection and preparation of herbal medicine cannot be easily controlled. Secondly there is lack in smooth supply of herbs as they are grown in politically and economically unstable places.

But things are changing, due to the side effects involved in synthetic-drugs health conscious people are switching over to herbal medicines. The scope of herbal medicine ranges from mild ones such as peppermint to chamomile, to the very strong foxglove with a wide range of other herbs in between.