To this Chen says that being Chinese, she had been exposed to Chinese medicines. But as for her research, she says that works such as A Compendium of Medicinal Herbs focus largely on the medicinal uses of plants, while what she is looking for are edible plants. She says, "Traditional knowledge only gives you something to consider."
陳昭妃說身為中國人，對中藥多少有點接觸，不過就研究方向來說，她覺得《本草綱目》等典籍記載的多半是藥用植物，她要找的則是食用植物，「傳統智慧只做為參考」。