2. Herbal Treatment and Breast Cancer
Among Complementary and alternative medicines, herbal medicine is the most commonly used group of treatment. Herbal treatment is the oldest used system of medicine in the world with more than 2000 years history [23]. Other names used for herbal therapy are phyto-medicine, phyto-therapy or botanical medicine. It is a medicine made exclusively from plants such as roots, bark, flowers, seeds, fruits, leaves, or branches and is used in all societies and common to numerous cultures including Asia, Africa, Europe and America. There are various types of herbal medicine that spring from different cultures around the world however they vary in the way they are prepared and in their treatment approaches [24].