General Pharmacy

and to prevent the adverse effects or any other possible drug-related problems, which is not only confined to chemical drugs, but extended to herbal, traditional, and complementary medicines, biologicals, vaccines, blood products, and medical devices. The history of the use of herbs as medication is as old as history itself. Some authors state that the first recorded use of herbs for medical treatment began over 4000 years ago.[2] The origin of this type of medical treatment began in China and India. Traditional Chinese medicine centers on interactions between the body and the environment. A mixture of treatments, including herbs, acupuncture, and massage, is then prescribed. Traditional Indian medicine has dated back to 3 000 BC. One form of traditional Indian medicine is called Ayurvedic. An example of the types of herbal products can be seen in Table 1. In the Unite