Clinical Pediatrics and Medicine

Pediatric Herbal Medicine

The Popularity of Herbal medicine over the past 20years has been instrumental in motivating much of this research. Increasing numbers of children and adolescents turn to complementary and alternative medical therapies to promote health, prevent illness, and treat acute and chronic conditions. Herbs are among the most commonly used of these therapies. In 1998, herbs and other dietary supplements were a $3.5 billion dollar industry in the United States.