Editorial: Avicenna and Evidence Based Medicine

Evidence based medicine (ebm) is now generally perceived to be the dominant operating system in conventional medicine. it is unsurprising then that some have counseled complementary and alternative medicine practitioners to resist ebm . the efficacy of medicinal herbs does need to be established and toxicity, contraindications and side effects also need to be investigated, and this is best done with clinical research and trials that at this time are being conducted almost exclusively on efficacy and are limited in number most probably because of funding. very little to no attention is being given to the more traditional fresh herbal extracts .