Herbal medicines are medicines that are organic or natural, just like our bodies. Pure herbal medicine taken from plant extracts that have medicinal benefits, without a mixture of artificial chemicals (synthetic) and without a mixture of animals. Herbal medicine must come from plants (vegetable) such as ginger, ginger, turmeric, garlic, ginseng and others. If a drug already contains animal elements then it cannot be called an herbal anymore, but instead is included in the category of traditional medicine / herbal medicine which can still be mixed with ingredients derived from animals such as eggs or pimple.

Nowadays, with the rapid development of medical technology and the many researches related to medicine, it is increasingly opening our eyes that it turns out that nature has naturally provided efficacious medicines for various diseases (according to the efficacy of medicinal plants known empirically or in research). In Indonesia, where abundant biological wealth, herbal medicines are not difficult to find. Although generally herbal-based drugs do not cause negative side effects, but there are some ingredients that cause negative side effects. Herbal medicine is more trusted by most Indonesians because of the use of synthetic chemical drugs, it can gradually cause side effects on the human body.

Many types of herbal medicines, ranging from herbs for beauty care, health care, herbs to maintain domestic harmony, to herbs for the treatment of special diseases.