A lack of scientific evidence has led some to question whether herbs used in traditional Chinese medicines actually relieve people's ailments or if their remedial properties are mostly myth.
However, a new study, published Friday (Oct. 27) in the journal Science Advances, might start to challenge that view. Scientists have developed a new tool that they say could be used to predict the effectiveness of these herbs, and they've begun to validate some of its predictions using clinical data from almost 2,000 patients treated in a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) hospital.
