Growing our herbal industry

A concerted effort is under way to add value to local herbal produce through clinical trials and scientific data.

HISTORICALLY, Malaysians have been no strangers to the potential of herbal plants. Our lush rainforests are reported to be home to over 2,000 plants with medicinal value, and in most kampung around the country, the older generation still use myriad brews, poultices and pastes derived from herbal plants, for everything from physical ailments to beauty concerns.