Due to growing safety concerns about the side effects of many alternative medicines, the European Union has banned hundreds of traditional herbal remedies from being sold on store shelves from Sunday onwards.
Patients will lose access to herbal medicines from this weekend onwards as European regulations have come into force.
Under the new directive, traditional products must be licensed or prescribed by a registered herbal practitioner.
European Union has set May 1 is the deadline for the expiry of a seven-year transition period. This means herbal remedies need to be registered, meet safety and quality standards to remain in the market.
