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The Chief Executive Officer of Boafo Herbal Center, Dr. Osei Opoku has stated that bitters produced by traditional medicine practitioners are medicines very potent in curing many sexual problems and boosting the immune system. He has, therefore, urged government to do more to support herbal medicine production to help create jobs and generate foreign income for the country. Worldwide, many countries are shifting attention to herbal medicine due to its efficacy. This was said by the Eastern regional chairman of the Ghana National Association of Traditional Healers Association, Kingsley Yaw Nkansah. According to him, herbal medicine has the potential of helping minimize the unemployment rate in the country by providing both direct and indirect job opportunities for the unemployed youth in the country He therefore, urged government to make available flexible loan and credit facility to the herbal practitioners to enable them expand production and modernize packaging and also help embark on research into herbal medicine. He, however, commended government for sourcing funds for the Council for Technical and Vocational Education Training to train herbal medicine practitioners in the country adding that government can do more to support the sector. He said this during the launching of Boafo Bitters, a product by Boafo Herbal Center in Koforidua. He called on herbal practitioners to adhere to regulations during preparation and production of herbal medicine to meet international standard as the association eyes the international market. He called on Ghanaians to patronize made in Ghana goods to help Ghanaian entrepreneurs to expand production to create more jobs.