Yeah. I don't think FDA-approved will ever happen for a majority of the substances, since it's too expensive. Perhaps "proven" could just be several independen

Yeah. I don't think FDA-approved will ever happen for a majority of the substances, since it's too expensive. Perhaps "proven" could just be several independent studies showing something works in a certain way. Even if most doctors were not able to use the database initially in their daily work, it would still be valuable to researchers. TCM - I'm not overly familiar with it, but I think an ideal system today would need to be subject to much more rigorous scientific examination in terms of what works and what doesn't. Traditional medicine and folklore can greatly reduce the search space of plant compounds, but probably isn't enough on it's own.