“…Phytotherapy generally uses the chemical composition and pharmacological activity of the source plant (either the entire herb, or a processed portion, e.g., buds, leaves, sprouts, flowers, fruits, seeds, bark, and/or roots) for therapeutic purposes [6,15]. According to Bürgi's law, plant-derived remedies have combined synergistic effects, rather than just one useful molecule, so they cannot be simplified to a single pharmacologic mechanism [4]. Herb-based therapies are widely applied in all existing medical traditions, including anthroposophic medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Ayurvedic medicine, Tibetan-Mongolian medicine, etc., including evidence-based medicine (EBM).…”