For example, ethnobotanists found that in one community of Buyi people in China, locals make medicines using over 120 different plant species — many of which have never been studied for their medicinal properties in a laboratory.

例如，民族植物学家发现，在中国的一个布彝族社区，当地人使用 120 多种不同的植物品种制造药物，其中许多植物的药用特性从未在实验室进行过研究。