• anon@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    You’re almost right. Modern medicine needs to synthesize natural compounds to profit fully from them. They can’t just use natural remedies and present them to patients because they can’t patent them.

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      1 year ago

      Not all countries have for profit medicine though. I’m sure it’s a factor, but it’s not a universal thing.

      There are other reasons why “natural” remedies get more scrutiny in the medical community, and the other comments have touched on a few of them