Philosophy in Phytopharmacology:Ockham's Razor versus synergy.

J Herb Pharmacother

Clinical Division, Department of Herbal Medicine, Tai Sophia Institute, 7750 Montpeller Road, Laurel, MD 20723, USA.

Published: February 2006

Philosophy profoundly influences the sciences. In research models Ockham's Razor is often utilized as an operational principle in understanding the outcomes of modeling. However this principle of parsimony may delay the progress of understanding phytochemical matrices and the emergence of synergy that can arise from their interaction with human biology. Presented is a philosophical argument for synergy and medicinal plants as well as multiple examples of synergic systems occurring in the literature.

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