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Thursday, August 22, 2002"Pharmaceutical companies have their faults, but at least what they make is regulated and the (Food and Drug Administration) requires them to test for impurities." Meanwhile... An “alternative medicine” in China is in danger of extinction. I never knew ant-eaters had so many uses: "In China, its meat is very popular, while its scales and blood are mixed with herbs. The formula is believed to prolong life and strengthen the sex drive," says Thanit Palasuwan, head of the anti-wildlife poaching unit at the forestry department. Some Chinese medicine recipes also use pangolin scales to cure lymph node malfunctions, kill pain, or increase milk in breast-feeding mothers, said Suda Loh, a herb-shop owner in Bangkok. In Nepal, some people consider the animal's meat a delicacy and make its scales into rings as charms against rheumatic fever. They also believe its flesh has aphrodisiacal value and that an extract of its uterus can safeguard against miscarriages. posted by Sydney on 8/22/2002 07:10:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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