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The practice of herbal medicine is that the oldest sort of healthcare which has been used for many years in developing and developed countries. Primitive people have trusted nature for food, shelter, clothing and medicine to cure ailments. These humans distinguished useful herbs with beneficial effects from people who were inactive or toxic. According to literature approximately 50,000 plant species are stated to possess medicinal properties. Thus, the basis of modern medicinal drugs such as aspirin, morphine, digitoxin and quinine were synthesized through scientific validation of herbal medicine. Plant based drugs awareness advanced gradually and has been passed on, therefore setting a foundation for several traditional medicine systems round the globe.