Herbal medicine should meet scientific standards

Herbal medicinal products in Indonesia has now reached tens of thousands of knowledgeable and known as herbal medicine by the public. The problem, herbal medicine (such as drugs or medicine traditional herbal medicine) is based on the use of evidence-based approach, medical-scientific evidence (evidence based medicine). Because of that, the government claimed a role in more traditional research medicine, traditional herbal medicine and to develop cooperation with other stakeholders.

The government should encourage competition research specific drugs or herbal medicine herbal medicine, to encourage the private sector had a role to fund this research field. Need to provide equipment for research on traditional medicine institute of higher education or research institutions.

This herbal product can be a great potential of the nation when we know all the academic scientific-logically farmako effects, side effects and various ways to effectively enter the body. Herbal medicine research is very important but also that research results can be packed into a patent and product-oriented market. We certainly do not want to just selling drugs or selling herbal medicine, herbal sale only. We want the better management

This is not easy because it required cooperation across disciplines, between a doctor who will recommend the use of herbal medicine such as herbal shops, herbal medicine shops, etc., researchers and drug industry. Need cooperation and integration among researchers (university), industry and government that are still obstacles to be drug / herbal herbal medicine, traditional herbal medicine is medically acceptable.

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