ABSTRACT
Majority of Pakistan population [about 70 percent] lives in far-flung rural areas where modern medicines are not available. Much of this population must therefore rely on traditional herbal medicine for relief from diseases. This signifies the importance of Eastern System of medicine in our society and stresses the need of research for these herbal medicines. Safi is one such herbal drug and is said to be used as a blood purifier. Besides this it shows a wide range of pharmacological actions. In the present study effects of Safi and an allopathic hematinic Sangobion were observed on hematological and biochemical parameters of human volunteers. Significant changes were noted in some of these parameters after 21 days long oral administration of Safi and Sangobion