Abstract

Because of their unique effects and relatively low side effects, herbal medicine has been gaining popularity all over the world. Quality control is a challenge to ensure safety, efficacy, and batch-to-batch consistency of herbal products due to the complexity of phytochemical constituents. Generally, it is believed that the risk associated with herbal drugs is very less, but several reports on serious reactions are indicating the need for the development of safety profiles; effective regulatory guidelines; and quality control systems for authentication, isolation, and standardization of herbal medicine. Lack of strict guidelines on the assessment of safety and efficacy, quality control, safety monitoring, and knowledge on traditional medicine (TM) are the main aspects that are found in different regulatory systems. Proper validation of herbs used in TM needs to be done for their promotion and development.

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