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The Ministry of Public Health Reports on Traditional and Alternative Medicine Regulatory Activities During Mizan 1405

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Tue, Nov 03 2026 9:46 AM
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The Ministry of Public Health’s Directorate of Traditional Medicine and Alternative Medicine carried out a range of activities in monitoring, evaluation, registration, licensing, regulation and standardization during Mizan 1405.

During this period, inspections were conducted at 221 traditional medicine pharmacies and herbal stores, 12 herbal wholesale stores, seven cupping centers and 10 manufacturing facilities in Kabul city. As a result, 105 types of medicines prohibited from sale, 16 types of chemical products marketed for enhancing sexual performance and six types of expired herbal medicines were confiscated. In addition, two online sales centers were ordered to cease operations, while two massage centers and 13 pharmacies and herbal stores were closed.

Furthermore, 3 tons and 750 kilograms of unauthorized, expired and substandard medicines and products were safely disposed of.

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