October 22, 2024
People’s Daily Online, Beijing, October 22 (Reporter Sun Hongli) The National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) and the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine (NATCM) recently jointly […]
May 2, 2024
Did you know that work to develop artificial alternatives for bear bile, pangolin scales, rhino horn and saiga horn has been ongoing at China’s top research […]
November 20, 2023
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
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 […]
October 2, 2020
What was rhino horn used for in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)? At times during the 3000-year history of TCM, rhino horn was used to treat infections […]
September 25, 2020
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
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
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
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 […]