Potential application of herbal medicine in treatment of obesity

Obesity is a global epidemic associated with high morbidity and mortality. Therapeutic strategies include synthetic drugs and surgery which may entail high costs and serious complications. The use of Herbal medicine has increased based on reliability safety and cost. Recently Herbal medicine agents offer an alternative approach for treatment of obesity through different mechanisms. Herbal medicinal agents with anti-obesity potential could aid in developing a botanical drugs to treat obesity.