In contrast to homeopathy and animal derived remedies which will be mentioned in further detail next, which have little or no scientific evidence to support their extraneous practice, herbal remedies have continually gained favor from the scientific community. Many herbal remedies such as the drug Artemisinin, which is derived from the Chinese Sweet wormwood plant, has been used to treat Malaria in China for hundreds of years. On top of that, nearly a quarter of all modern medicines are derived from natural products. As described in a Science and Development article titled “Integrating Modern And Traditional Medicine,” many popular drugs today share a similar purpose and basis as ancient herbal remedies. For example, Opiates stem from unripe poppy seeds which have been used for general pain relief within Arab, Chinese, European, Indian, and even North American traditional medicines. The pharmaceutical drug Cromoglycate, which is used to treat asthma and other severe allergic reactions by stabilizing the release of Histamines, is most commonly derived from a natural defense mechanism in the Mandrake plant. This toxin from the Mandrake’s leaves has been a remedy used by Egyptian and Middle eastern cultures to treat asthma and allergic reactions for hundreds of years.
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