Abstract
Herbal medicine is used by individuals of all ages, including children. Herbal medicine includes herbs, herbal materials and preparations, and finished herbal products. Herbal medicine or herbal products’ use for all ages have increased in recent years. Based on the data of the World Health Organization, almost 80% of the population in developing countries trust herbal medicines to meet their health needs. Herbal medicines use unconsciously as though these products are harmless. The use of herbal products in children is a concern because little information is available concerning the benefits and risks of these products in the pediatric population. This creates a serious problem in the treatment of children, and reveals a serious and under-recognized hazard in clinical care. The safety of most herbal medicinal products is absent since lack of suitable quality controls and not available of appropriate patient information. Owing to the possibility of serious health complications arising from the use of herbal products, it is mandatory to understand their use in the general population in order for appropriate measures to be put into place.
Highlights
Herbal medicine is the use of only plants for medicinal and therapeutic purpose to treat the diseases and to improve human health [1–4]
The use of medical plant species in the treatment of children diseases is a part of traditional knowledge that is handed down by hearsay advices [20]
The use of herbal products in children is a concern, because a few information is available on their benefits and risks at these population [72, 73]
Summary
Herbal medicine is the use of only plants for medicinal and therapeutic purpose to treat the diseases and to improve human health [1–4]. World Health Organization (WHO) has defined herbal medicines as last labeled medicinal product that contain an active ingredient, aerial, or underground parts of the plant or other plant material or combinations [4, 6]. People had commonly diagnosed illnesses themselves, prepared and prescribed their own herbal medicines for thousand years ago [1]. Despite of increasing popularity of herbal medicine, their safety and effectiveness have not been scientifically proven [1]. According to their wide use, many herbal products used frequently have not undergone complex scientific analyses via clinical experiments [9]. The aim of this review is to understand the current status of the herbal medicine used on the children and adolescents
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