With the guiding regulatory and research support from NAFDAC and NIPRD, herbal medicine practitioners and manufacturers are well positioned to champion the coming together of tradition and academia in Nigeria for the delivery of scientific herbal medicare alternatives. Nature itself is the best physician – Hippocrates (460 – 370 BC) Greek Physician It is believed that herbal medicine is one of the oldest forms of remedy available to mankind, which has seen improved development over the years.