All individuals may not have good experience with plant life but the herbal medicine products have given a big boom to the business men who deal with these medicinal herbs. Since the people are becoming more aware of the positive qualities of the herbal medicine more and more are opting to buy herbal medicine. The traditional culture of the people has developed a great regard for the herbal plants with healing properties and they were aware of the plants in and around where they live. John Lust states in his The Herb Book that all of us have an intuition for the natural healing powers of Nature’s life line, the great range of life which both contains and sustains us. The life line here refers to the plant kingdom and his knowledge passed through millennia on healing properties of plants around the world. The main problem faced is wrong identification of plants, harvesting excess plants, and using them in wrong way with a profit motive. In some cases like American ginseng once it was over harvested and the plant became extinct. While buying herbal medicines, it is better to buy from reputed companies regarding organic ingredients, collecting methods, processing, final production and dosages. While collecting the plants for medicine or food, crafts or profit or building materials it is better to proceed with proper knowledge. Native people ensured that enough plants were left after harvesting so that it lasts for seven generations. We should not exploit the plants but take what is necessary for our use. Many plants can be grown in pots or gardens like mullein, Echinacea, milk thistle, and coltsfoot. Plants like rosehips, dandelion, yarrow, nettles and plantain have no risk of extinction. About 114 plant species are listed to be at risk. Main reason for it is over harvesting. The plants Echinacea and S John’s Wort are harvested with profit motive as they are in high demand in the healing market. It has been predicted that about one third of the animal and plant species would be lost in the next century. As individuals every body has to take care to help saving the plants by observing how they grow and be careful while taking them for food or medicine. Observe where the plants are growing either road side or exposed to pests or chemical run offs. Notice how much can be harvested, and how fast it grows after harvesting, whether needs to be repotted or planted in large areas. Explore along abandoned fields, streams and lake sides and rivers. By consulting botanists, herbologists get good information about plants. Practice the art of wild harvesting and help plant and seed savers and those dedicated to conservation.