Addressing the lack of objective standards for the quality control of Chinese Herbal Medicine

The linked article was my third prize winning entry into a contest run by UCLA's East
 West Center for ideas on how to improve the quality and efficacy of Chinese herbal medicine in America. 

This essay depicts “the reintroduction of the role of pharmacognosy into the practice of Chinese herbal QA/QC, [which] will require increasing educational demands placed on students and clinicians, an increasingly complex regulatory apparatus and the compliance of the herb growers and herbal products manufacturers."