Bear bile: dilemma of traditional medicinal use and animal protection

• Main Authors: Nagamatsu Tadashi (Author), Tsao Sai-Wah (Author), Ng Kwan-Ming (Author), Wang Ning (Author), Siu Kayu (Author), Feng Yibin (Author), Tong Yao (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Bear bile has been used in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) for thousands of years. Modern investigations showed that it has a wide range of pharmacological actions with little toxicological side effect and the pure compounds have been used for curing hepatic a...