August 26, 2026
Wildlife Protection in TCM
PRACTICAL VALUE OF RHINOCEROS HORN FROM AN EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE PERSPECTIVE AND THE POTENTIAL OF SUBSTITUTE MEDICINAL MATERIALS: A NARRATIVE REVIEW Nguyen Thi Kim Lien, Truong Mai […]
February 12, 2026
Wildlife Protection in TCM
Advancing Plant-Based Alternatives to Endangered Wildlife Products in Traditional Chinese Medicine Application Deadline: 1 April 2026 Grant Awards: Two (2) research grants Grant Amount: 5,000 USD […]
November 20, 2023
Science Direct
1. Introduction Bear bile is a valuable and significant medicinal material in the practice of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), with a history of use in China […]
March 27, 2022
Springer
Introduction Bear bile powder is a kind of precious material that has been used as medicine and healthcare supplementary thousands of years ago in Asia area […]
September 25, 2020
British Ecological Society
1 INTRODUCTION Pangolins (Mammalia: Pholidota) are a highly specialised order of mammals covered with scales instead of fur. They feed mostly on ants and termites, and […]
July 28, 2020
Science Direct
1. Introduction Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has become a global pandemic.1 Its origin remains unclear. Several studies […]
January 2, 2017
Research Gate
INTRODUCTION Many people use the terms horns and antlers inter- changeably. They both grow from an animal’s forehead and both are used for the assertion of […]
October 27, 2016
Nature
Introduction The horns of rhinoceros (Rhinoceri Asiatici Cornu, RH), Saiga antelope (Saigae Tataricae Cornu, SAH) and water buffalo (Bubali Cornu, WBH) have been applied in traditional […]
March 21, 2016
Wiley - Online Library
1. Introduction Bear bile is the dried gallbladder bile collected from the black bear (Selenarctos thibetanus), the brown bear (Ursus arctos), or other species of Ursidae, […]