The US Federal Drug Administration has accepted the use of herbal drugs, and Medicare and Medicaid now cover it. "While many of its methods still defy explanation, Chinese medicine does provide an entirely different model for modern medicine and thus is a priceless asset" Chen says. "Yet the scientific method as used in Western medicine shows clearly how individual medicines work and provides Chinese medicine with effective new techniques."
現在美國的藥物管理局（FDA）及健保制度也已經接受草藥的使用，「關於中醫的學說，還有太多解答不出來的道理，但是它提供現代醫學另一種完全不同的思考模式，也是我們無價的資產；不過西方的科學驗證，明確顯示出藥性的作用機轉，也提供中醫直接有效的新技術」，陳介甫表示。