"The Integrative Health Information Unit, a unit under Herbal Medicine Research Centre (HMRC), was established in 2001 at Jalan Pahang, Kuala Lumpur, to collect and share validated information on medicinal plants that support the advancement of integrated medicine. Now based at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Malaysia in Setia Alam, Selangor, the Unit has grown in expertise and capacity, enabling it to conduct rapid literature reviews in response to professional inquiries.

Its core function is to compile ethnomedicinal and scientific data to build a comprehensive medicinal plant database serving healthcare professionals, researchers, and the public. The Unit emphasises evidence-based resources, producing books, compendiums, monographs, infographics, technical reports, and journal publications that address current issues in herbal medicine and traditional and complementary medicine (T&CM).

Future plans include strengthening its research capabilities through staff training in in-silico techniques, which use computational approaches to explore new therapeutic potentials of medicinal plants. This initiative supports ongoing efforts to enhance herbal medicine discovery and broaden the scientific foundation for integrated healthcare practices."