Bear bile is just an ordinary traditional Chinese medicine. In the actual practice of traditional Chinese medicine, it can be replaced by many Chinese herbal medicines when medicines are administered according to the disease. Some of the diseases mentioned in the four major Chinese medicine classics such as "Huangdi Neijing" and "Treatise on Febrile Diseases" can use other Chinese herbal medicines to replace bear bile. Chinese herbal medicines will be used to replace bear bile. This is the ancient society's concern for wild bear resources. a protective measure.
With the development of modern medicine, the medical value of bear bile has been gradually proven to be not irreplaceable. At the same time, due to the awakening of animal protection awareness, the behavior of hunting bears for bile has gradually decreased in the past 20 years.
A report from the Hong Kong Earth Benefit Association of the Chinese Traditional Medicine Association shows that at least 54 kinds of herbs have similar effects to bear bile, including ivy, dandelion, chrysanthemum, sage, rhubarb, etc.
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Traditional Chinese and Western medicine: Bear bile is not irreplaceable? Harvesting bile from live bears should be controlled
Traditional Chinese medicine has used bear bile for more than a thousand years, and Western medicine also has a history of using bear bile. Through Guoke.com, the reporter found pharmacy expert "Wangkiaoyu" and clinical medicine graduate student "Xiao Ji". They both believed that bear bile products can be completely replaced by synthetic products.
Introduction to "Window Knocking Rain": The main component in bear bile is bile acid, including ursodeoxycholic acid, chenodeoxycholic acid, cholic acid, deoxycholic acid, etc. Other components include bile pigments, amino acids, cholesterol, etc. Among them, ursodeoxycholic acid is a unique ingredient. "Xiao Ji" said: Ursodeoxycholic acid is the only drug approved by the FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) for the treatment of primary cholestatic cirrhosis. Ursodeoxycholic acid is less effective in treating cholelithiasis and cannot replace surgical treatment.
Both modern medicine experts said: Modern medicine does not use bear bile or bear bile powder because synthetic ursodeoxycholic acid can be used. Moreover, the synthetic ursodeoxycholic acid has high purity, few impurities, and completely controllable concentration. It is superior to bear bile and bear bile powder in terms of efficacy and safety. At present, bear bile products are mainly used by traditional Chinese medicine. In Europe and the United States, synthetic bear bile products have become marketed drugs.
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