The usage of herbs is not a recent thing. Herbs have been used for a long, long time, and were the earliest methods of treating illnesses. It is said that herbs have been present since the time when man first came to the earth.

Herbs were eaten by people in early civilizations because of the fact that they contained medical properties. The knowledge related to the various uses of herbs as well as the different types of herbs has been passed down from generation to generation. It was the priests of the ancient Egyptian Civilization who used to practice herbal medicine who first recorded the benefits of using herbs in medicine.