CHINA BEAR GALL BLADDER WILDLIFE MEDICINE VOX POP
April 1st, 2006
BY DAVID EIMER, in Beijing
Would you take medicine containing products from endangered species such as tigers and bears?
Traditional Chinese Medicine has long used ingredients such as tiger bone, bear gallbladder and rhinoceros horn, in its remedies. But their popularity is on the decline in China. Rising public awareness of wildlife protection, better health care, tougher laws protecting endangered species, as well as the threat of SARS and bird flu, has seen some Chinese turn their backs on exotic cures. BBC Wildlife asked for some opinions.
Wang Zhouqiong, ...
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