The traditional medicines that have been passed down to the present day are largely those that have been proved effective through the accumulated experience of Chinese doctors and patients over the ages, and their study has become an art and science in itself.
傳統藥多起於民間，能流傳至今的，大多是經千百年來中醫藥師驗證過和眾人「以身試法」，認為可行的結果，再經過長久的使用，已自成一套學問。