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Yes, because trial and error over thousands of years of trying local flora couldn't possibly yield a solution from an eco-system that has to actively fight off
by maratd 7y ago
Yes, because trial and error over thousands of years of trying local flora couldn't possibly yield a solution from an eco-system that has to actively fight off fungal infections. /sarcasm
- dmix 7y agoYes everything that 'comes from the earth' is automatically better for you than something that was rigorously clinically tested!
- ummonk 7y agoThat's not the contention. The contention is that concoctions that have been developed by people who have experimented with home remedies for centuries should be clinically tested (e.g. by administering to someone with a drug-resistant fungal infection) to see whether they might be effective.
- dmix 7y agoWho is holding scientists back from doing this exactly?
- ummonk 7y agoNobody currently, though fzeroracer seems to think it is unreasonable for scientists to do this.
- ralph84 7y agoPharmaceutical research tends to focus on patentable molecules, not unpatentable plants.
- dmix 7y agoThat's why I didn't mention the pharma companies. If it legitimately helps people there's still tons of money to be made off of it, such as marketing it properly and some optimized form for consumption - like how Epipen scammed the public with their 'form factor' patents which held up generic brands for years.
- refurb 7y agoYou can patent the use of a product derived from a plant.
- bdamm 7y agoEvery organism on earth has to actively fight off fungal infections, every minute of its existence. Take a deep breath and know that your body is fighting off the millions of spores that entered your lungs.