"For example," says Liu Cheng-hsiung, "research has shown that liquorice is an excellent absorption promoter in transdermal patches, but there is no way to prove the active components." Even when you have a drug that does the job, it is impossible to convince the international medical world without a report showing scientific analysis of the constituents.
「例如有人研究說甘草是很好的貼劑促進劑，但是卻無法證明它哪些成分有效」，劉正雄說，如果沒有科學的分析報告，就算有東西做出來，也無法讓國際信服。