"What makes Chinese medicine Chinese medicine? It is precisely this use of synergistic combinations of natural substances--both from animals and plants--as opposed to the use of individually active chemical substances," says Chang, who holds a doctorate in chemistry and is certified as a doctor of Chinese medicine. If only individual active components from herbal medicines are extracted and used, then the special synergistic character of herbal medicines will be lost.
「中藥為何是中藥，就因為它是一種混合多種成分的動植物，而非一個個單一的化學成分」，同時擁有化學博士與中醫師資格的張純銘表示，若是只在中藥裡提煉有效成份，而去除其他成份，就會失去中藥各成份相互協同加乘的特色。