The use of Chinese herbal medicines (CHMs) as a natural remedy is a common practice among the Chinese communities.
This practice has slowly transcended to
other cultures especially with the introduction of Traditional
Chinese Medicine (TCM) as alternative medicine.
The World Health Organization (WHO) reported
that 70% to 80% of the world population uses herbal
medicine for primary healthcare.1 In Singapore, a
country dominated by Chinese communities, 89% of
the children have consumed CHMs in the first 30
months of their life.2 The high demand for CHMs is