ABSTRACT
In recent years, as more and more innovative drug products have gone off patents, the search for new or alternative medicines such as botanical drug products that can treat critical and/or life-threatening diseases has become the center of attention of many pharmaceutical companies and research organizations such as the US NIH. Botanical drug products are often referred to as TCM. This leads to the development of TCM, especially for those intended for treating critical and/or life-threatening diseases such as cancer. The use of TCM in humans for treating various diseases has a history of a few thousand years, although not much convincing scientific evidence (documentation) regarding clinical safety and efficacy is available. Thus, how to effectively and scientifically develop a promising TCM the Western way has become an important issue in public health.
