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.
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