Medicinal plants are thought to be a rich source of ingredients that can be used in the development of pharmaceutical, non-pharmaceutical,, or synthetic drugs. Aside from that, these plants play an important role in the development of human cultures all over the world. Flowers are important in nature because they can feed insects, birds, livestock, and humans; they can provide natural remedies for humans and certain animals; and they can help in plant reproduction by attracting outside pollinators. Plants would be only green in the absence of flowers, and the earth would be a duller place.
Medicinal plants are considered as a rich resources of ingredients which can be used in drug development either pharmacopoeial, non- pharmacopoeial or synthetic drugs. A part from that, these plants play a critical role in the development of human cultures around the whole world.
The major use of herbal medicines is for health promotion and therapy for chronic, as opposed to life-threatening, conditions. However, usage of traditional remedies increases when conventional medicine is ineffective in the treatment of disease, such as in advanced cancer and in the face of new infectious diseases.
