Thanks Full of Beans. It is always good to learn about posibilities. Please feel free to share information whenever you come across something you think we might be interested in seeing.
Todays scientific experiments and clinical trials may be the standard of care in the future.
Several chemotherapies we are familiair with were developed from plants and other natural things-------------Taxol, Taxotere, Abraxane (Pacific Yew Tree), Navelbine (Madagascar Periwinkle Plant), Halaven (Sea Sponges). There are also others.
I rememer environmentalists were very upset when scientists were using bark from the Pacific Yew Tree to study during the development of Taxol. I remember thinking even though it was destroying trees it might save lives. Taxol is now one of the most widely used breast cancer "drugs".
Other common drugs were developed from plant sources. One that comes to mind is asprin. The original souce was the bark of the willow tree.
Sometimes when governments and large drug companies do not have the funding to do studies smaller or lesser known companies jump in and complete the work. It doesn't matter who develops something as long as it ends up being successful and helpful to alot of people.
I did some research about the product being tested that was mentioned in this thread and found out it might be Chinese Skullcap. I have included a link from the University of Maryland with more information about it.
http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/skullcap-000273.htm