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Some people claim that the reason herbs are not prescribed as drugs by licensed physicians is that the medical effectiveness of herbs is seriously in doubt. ██ ████ ███ ██ ███████ ███ █████ ████████ ██████ ██ ███ █████████████████ ████████ ███ █████████ ███ ██ ████████ █████████ ██ ███████████ ██ █████ █████ ████ ███████ ██ ███ █████████████████ ████████ ███ █ █████ ███ ████ ███ ██████ ██ █ ██████ ███ ██████ ██ ███████ ████ █████ █████████ ████████ ███████ ██ ██████████ ██████████ ██████████ ████ █████ ███ ██ █████████ █████ ██████████ ███ █████ █████████ ████ ██████ ███ ██████████ █████ ███ ███████ ██████ ████████ ██████████ ██████ █████████ ███ █████████ ███ ██ ██████
Summarize Argument: Phenomenon-Hypothesis
The author looks at the trend of physicians not prescribing herbs and concludes the reason for this is because the current system prevents physicians from recommending the medicinal use of herbs. As evidence, the author states drugs require regulatory-agency approval for medicinal use. Moreover, regulatory-agency approval costs $200 million and only patent holders can expect to recover such large expenses. Herbs themselves and their medicinal uses cannot be patented.
Describe Method of Reasoning
The author questions what others claim as the reason physicians do not prescribe herbs. She does this by providing an alternative explanation for why physicians refrain from prescribing herbs. The medical effectiveness of herbs may not be in serious doubt, but rather the current system does not allow this practice because herbs and their medicinal uses cannot be patented.
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