Herbs, standardized herbal medicine, and fitofarmaka have the same benefits for health. Which distinguishes between three types of traditional medicine Indonesia is supporting data on the drug benefit, which is based on empirical data, preclinical data, or clinical data.
"All kinds of drugs that have gone through a standardized assessment conducted BPOM (Agency for Food and Drug Administration) that guaranteed the safety, efficacy, and quality," said Director of Standardization of Traditional Medicine, Cosmetic and Complementary Product BPOM Hary Rev. Triestanto Wibowo said here on Saturday (02/11/2011).