The Ethics of Traditional Chinese and Western Herbal Medicine Research: Views of Researchers and Human Ethics Committees in Australia

Table 2

Information on the methodology of the ethics applications assessed by HREC as sufficient.

Domain	𝑛=20	%
Blinding or lack thereof	16	80
Mode of action from a scientific perspective	10	50
Safety issues when combining herbal ingredients	8	40
Limited phase one and reliance on anecdotal evidence for safety and dosage	6	30
Individualisation of treatment according to diagnosis	5	25
Herbal characterisation, standardisation, and stability	5	25
Knowledge of traditional diagnostic methods	4	20
Description of a complex intervention or multi modality holistic treatment	4	20

Number (𝑛) and percentage (%).