[robbiep]

Herbal medicine still isn't medicine

[mantas]

Quite a few light "drugs" are herbs-based.

Over there, it's common for (real, medical, certified) doctors to prescribe (as in, write on a sheet of paper and stamp) specific herbal teas. Which are sold in pharmacies. And they do help for sure.

[mikecke]

Herbs have pharmacological properties. Many medications are potentiated versions of their herbal counterparts. Some are just as efficacious.

- Hypericum Perforatum [1]

- Ashwhaganda [2]

Please discern the difference. You are a "doctor programmer" in your profile. This is disturbing.

[1]: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18843608

[2]: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3573577/

[mschuster91]

That depends on the herb. Just look at the many medical uses of marijuana, for example.

[vitus]

Less controversially: aspirin (willow bark), quinine (cinchona bark), opiates (poppy; as used for the painkiller effect).