药物经常是用草药、植物、矿物质水、以及可取的动物的器官制成。
Medicines are often made from herbs, plants, mineral water and organs from unfortunate animals.
我们生病时服用的药物中有25%是由只生长在热带雨林中的植物制成的。
25% of the drugs we take when we are sick are made of plants that grow only in rainforests.
找到一种植物，[辨别它的确切用途]然后申请专利并制成药物所需要的平均时间是十到十五年，[所以]这是一项长期投资。
Ten to fifteen years is the average time between finding the plant, [identifying its exact use] and patenting it into a drug [so] it is a long-term investment.
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