Herbal medicines are increasingly the choice of most patients today. The promise of preserving the natural qualities that a healthier way of healing various diseases have contributed to the popularity of these drugs. Moreover, since these types of medicines are grown wild or may be registered in a home garden, it is cheaper compared to manufactured drugs.

What really are herbal medicines and how can we benefit from them?

Herbal medicine is the alternative to commercially produced medicines being made available in the market. Herbal medicine differs from modern medicine when it is produced with 100% content of natural plant extracts for medicinal values believed as effective as modern medicines fewer side effects and costs are lower. There are popular herbal plants in the Philippines today is widely used for various diseases, ampalaya, bayabas, sambong, Banaba includes luyang dilaw and treat others. Here are some of the approved and recommended herbal medicines of the Ministry of Health. Given this, there are benefits that can already be identified, confirming the belief of the DOH on the effectiveness of these drugs as follows:

· All-natural qualities. At this point, when many of the commercially available products adverse effects on health is very te dat we are trying to protect, the safest bet komen the products market and reflected the natural way. In the selection of these products, we reduce our risk exposure to these negative effects.

· Easily available. In tropical countries like the Philippines, we have an abundance of these plants and herbs. We have access to the resources we need for the preparations and potions necessary for the herbal preparation. For example, bayabas, ampalaya, malunggay Luya and backyard plants are considered. They are home-grown plants require little attention. This makes them easily available and cheap. It is only required to Filipino families to prepare herbal plants that plague so that every Filipino family can enjoy the benefits of natural remedies for parenting.

· Effective. Herbal plants have been scientifically studied to support the benefits claimed to include in any business. These studies are recognized and acknowledged by the medical community have proven the effectiveness recommended to treat many diseases. Ampalaya, for example, is known to contain elements of anti-diabetic. This argument for the efficacy of ampalaya as an aid in the treatment of diabetes was clinically proven by several studies that have been identified to plant ampalaya insulin that the patient lowers blood sugar, normalizes, and enable the production of insulin in the body.

· Easy to prepare. Many of the herbs that are recommended and are known for medicinal values are very easy to prepare. Bayabas and lagundi, for example, have used that only the direct application of the leaves need the affected area. Also usually have to cook simple decoctions of the plant leaves and roots. These processes clearly show that we do not really rely on commercially manufactured medicines, as the preparation of herbal treatments, but not too much trouble.

· Practical and cost-effective. Besides all the advantages identified herein, there is an advantage for the use of medicinal herbs and condescending - it is cost effective so it is a practical option. These preparations are considerably cheaper than chemically manufactured drugs, and more importantly, the results are the same as modern medicines. It was discussed that these plants can be homegrown, or wild in abundance. Therefore, it is much cheaper than modern medicines produced by pharmaceutical giant, and sold in pharmacies.