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Re:Wild orangutan seen healing his wound with a plant by Camus134 on Thursday May 02, 2024 @01:33PM (#40238972)
>Things typically become labeled "medicine" when they've been work and have been tested

Eh, sometimes. But often things labeled "medicine" are things that companies can get FDA approval for, patent, manufacture, ensure shelf stability, label with a brand, and sell to customers at a high margin. There are lots of plants that are proven to work but aren't sold to customers because they can't meet some of those criteria. They aren't necessarily worse, just can't be be sold at scale profitably.

Re:Wild orangutan seen healing his wound with a plant by user_7832 on Thursday May 02, 2024 @02:01PM (#40239353)
I don't know why your comment was dead/flagged, what you're saying isn't a new thing at all. If anyone's interested in similar things look up patent evergreening. As someone using life-saving drugs that are patented despite the creators of the said drug selling the rights for a dollar to prevent pharmaceutical capture, this stuff is irritating at best and deadly at worst.