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Guo, Y.; Zou, X.; Chen, Y.; Wang, D.; Wang, S.
Sustainability of wildlife use in traditional Chinese medicine
1997 Book Chapter
The earliest record of using plants for health care by Chinese people can be traced back to as early as 2700 B.C. Yet the medical properties of animals were first identified some two thousand years ago where 65 types of animal items were described (Bai, 1988). Notwithstanding its long history and major role in the provision of medicament in history, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) was not fully recognized and developed until last decade when simultaneous attention to be paid to the development of Western and Traditional Chinese medicine was stressed in Constitution of China in 1982 along with the institution of State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 1988 (Song, 1994). In 1993 alone, TCM hospitals provided outpatient service to nearly 200 million people. Total output generated by TCM manufacturers in the corresponding year was valued at 1.65 billion US dollars and export of TCM brought 120 million US dollars in foreign exchange to the country (Song, 1994)
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