Resumo: Introduction: This work is a literature review on the use of herbal medicines today, with the purpose of presenting, based on scientific literature and articles, how is the use of these herbal medicines today. For the construction of this work, the criteria for descriptors were used, being phytotherapics nowadays, main pathologies, legislation of phytotherapics and process of obtaining phytotherapics, and inserted in the databases Scielo, Pubmed and Lilacs. The inclusion criteria are the use of articles with a time interval between 2010 and 2021, those with DOI, which can be in Portuguese, English and Spanish. For the exclusion criteria, articles that do not include the proposed period, those that do not have a DOI, incomplete ones and without titles will not be used. Review: Herbal medicines have been used by individuals since ancient times, whose purpose is the relief of pain and also curative. Although their use is old and we have a diversity of plants, they must be studied and tested clinically, so that they have the approval of the competent regulatory bodies. Discussion: With the strong adhesion of herbal medicines, this market is growing and with that, the industries are adapting for research and production on a large scale. Along with this expansion, there is a need for government incentives and especially the intensification of clinical studies aimed at the expansion of herbal medicines. Final considerations: Through this research it was possible to elucidate how is the current market of herbal medicines, stating that it is expanding. Keywords: phytotherapics, current market, legislation and challenges faced. Expandir Resumo Acessar Texto Completo

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