scholarly journals China's Legalization of Domestic Rhino Horn Trade: Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner Perspectives and the Likelihood of Prescription

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hubert Cheung ◽  
Lorraine Mazerolle ◽  
Hugh P. Possingham ◽  
Duan Biggs
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Medical Treatment ◽  
Patient Treatment ◽  
On Demand ◽  
The Past ◽  
Domestic Trade ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner ◽  
Chinese Province ◽  
Empirical Insight

Despite the international ban on the trade of rhino horn that has been in place since 1977, persistent demand for horn in Asia has driven a spike in poaching over the past decade. This has embroiled the conservation community in a debate over the efficacy of banning trade relative to other solutions. Proposals for trade to be legalized and supplied through the dehorning of live rhinos or the production of synthetic horn are contentious. The need for empirical research into the potential impacts of legalization on demand was made more urgent in 2018 when China publicized its intentions to reopen its domestic trade and permit the use of rhino horn in medical treatment. In this study, we interviewed 84 Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practitioners in the Chinese province of Guangdong. While 58 (69.05%, n = 84) of our interviewees were in favor of trade legalization, only 32 (38.10%, n = 84) thought it likely that trade legalization would cause them to increase their prescription of rhino horn over current levels. This is probably because clinical cases in which rhino horn is medically appropriate are uncommon. We also found that 33 (39.29%, n = 84) practitioners were open to using synthetic horn for patient treatment, which has implications for the viability of synthetic horn as a conservation tool. This research contributes empirical insight to advance the discourse on rhino horn trade policy.

scholarly journals The progress of traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of aplastic anemia

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 159-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ningning Zhu ◽  
Dijiong Wu ◽  
Baodong Ye
Keyword(s):  
Bone Marrow ◽  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Aplastic Anemia ◽  
Peripheral Blood ◽  
Clinical Course ◽  
Hematologic Disease ◽  
Therapeutic Principle ◽  
The Past ◽  
Severity Of The Disease

Abstract Aplastic anemia (AA) is a common hematologic disease that is characterized by hematopoietic failure of the bone marrow and pancytopenia of the peripheral blood, which can be divided into severe and non-severe aplastic ane-mia, or acute and chronic aplastic anemia according to the severity of the disease and the progress of the clinical course. During the past years, the advantages of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) on the treatment of AA have been well clarified and its theory system has been improved as well. This review is mainly on representing the pathogenesis, therapeutic principle and method, research progression, and advantages of TCM on AA.

Treatment of Diabetes Using Traditional Chinese Medicine: Past, Present and Future

2012 ◽  
Vol 40 (05) ◽  
pp. 877-886 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao-Lin Tong ◽  
Liu Dong ◽  
Liang Chen ◽  
Zhong Zhen
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Herbal Medicines ◽  
Basic Research ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Medical Problem ◽  
The Past ◽  
Chinese Herbal ◽  
Treatment Of Diabetes ◽  
Tcm Theory

Diabetes is a major medical problem that imperils public health. Over two thousand years ago, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) called diabetes-related symptoms "Xiaoke" disease. In ancient China, TCM and Chinese herbal medicines were used widely in treating Xiaoke and abundant experience has been accumulated. This article discusses the TCM theory on diabetes and its achievements in the prevention and treatment of diabetes in the past. Using Chinese herbal medicine, recent progress in diabetes therapeutics, including data from clinical trials, are presented. Mechanistic studies from basic research are discussed. Yin-yang balance and a holistic approach of TCM may complement diabetes treatment in Western medicine. With continuous efforts, TCM could play a more important role in fighting this disease.

scholarly journals Trade in pegasid fishes (sea moths), primarily for traditional Chinese medicine

Oryx ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 199-208
Author(s):  
Amanda C. J. Vincent
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Southern China ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
The Past ◽  
China Trade ◽  
Trawl Fishing

Pegasid fishes (sea moths) have only entered the arsenal of traditional Chinese medicine within the past few decades, but are now used in southern China and Hong Kong to treat respiratory ailments and cancers. Brief trade surveys suggest that millions of individuals of two pegasid species are used each year, and that they cost relatively little compared with other ingredients. Most pegasids are apparently a bycatch of trawl fishing, which has recently intensified near China. Trade and use of these fishes is expanding – they have been sought in the Philippines, Indonesia and Vietnam – and should be monitored, particularly because the biology of pegasids makes these fishes vulnerable to exploitation.

scholarly journals Out of Witchcraft to Zhuyou: Healing by Prayer

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 53-55
Author(s):  
Ruikang Yuan ◽  
Yajun Li
Keyword(s):  
Herpes Zoster ◽  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Ancient China ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
The Past ◽  
Therapeutic Mechanism

Zhuyou is one of the methods to treat diseases in ancient China. It is controversial in modern times because of its mysterious form. Based on the observation and analysis of literature records as well as the folk customs of traditional Chinese medicine, this article discusses the methods of treating herpes zoster and nocturnal fretfulness in infants by using Zhuyou, with a purpose to summarize its therapeutic mechanism and principle, while taking its essence to make use of the past to serve the present.

scholarly journals Acceptability of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Chinese People Based on 10-Year's Real World Study With Mutiple Big Data Mining

2022 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Guo ◽  
Tengjiao Wang ◽  
Wei Chen ◽  
Ted J. Kaptchuk ◽  
Xilian Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Mining ◽  
Big Data ◽  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Real World ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Highly Educated ◽  
The Past ◽  
Medical Visits

In the past decades, numerous clinical researches have been conducted to illuminate the effects of traditional Chinese medicine for better inheritance and promotion of it, which are mostly clinical trials designed from the doctor's point of view. This large-scale data mining study was conducted from real-world point of view in up to 10 years' big data sets of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in China, including both medical visits to hospital and cyberspace and contemporaneous social survey data. Finally, some important and interesting findings appear: (1) More Criticisms vs. More Visits. The intensity of criticism increased by 2.33 times over the past 10 years, while the actual number of visits increased by 2.41 times. (2) The people of younger age, highly educated and from economically developed areas have become the primary population for utilizing TCM, which is contrary to common opinions on the characteristics of TCM users. The discovery of this phenomenon indicates that TCM deserves further study on how it treats illness and maintains health.

Modern Chinese Use of Tcm as Seen on a Student Elective

1995 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 100-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Jones ◽  
Stuart Murray
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Medical Treatment ◽  
Western Medicine ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Modern Chinese ◽  
Elective Period ◽  
Medical University

The authors, medical students of Bristol University, spent their elective period of almost six weeks during September and October 1993 in the Acupuncture Department of the First Teaching Hospital of Beijing Medical University. The aim of the elective was to see traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in clinical practice, especially in conjunction with western medicine, and to try to learn the fundamentals of the theory and practice of TCM. This report details the teaching received and discusses the modern Chinese attitudes to medical treatment and TCM in particular.

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