I have recently read an article about Interpol launching a new campaign to help save the world's last surviving tigers in 13 Asian countries where they still exist. Interpol said that this project is designed to combat poaching and smuggling of tiger parts used in expensive traditional medicines; they plan to enforce the law to officers in Russia, China, Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent to save those giant cats.
I have read more about the medicine and read what I found: "For more than 1,000 years the use of tiger parts has been included in the traditional Chinese medicine regimen. Because of the tiger's strength and mythical power, the Chinese culture believes that the tiger has medicinal qualities, which helps treat chronic ailments, cure disease and replenish the body's essential energy.
Tiger claws: used as a sedative for insomnia
Teeth: used to treat fever
Fat: used to treat leprosy and rheumatism
Nose leather: used to treat superficial wounds such as bites
Tiger bone: used as an anti-inflammatory drug to treat rheumatism and arthritis, general weakness, headaches, stiffness or paralysis in lower back and legs and dysentery
Eyeballs: used to treat epilepsy and malaria
Tail: used to treat skin diseases
Bile: used to treat convulsions in children associated with meningitis
Whiskers: used to treat toothaches
Brain: used to treat laziness and pimples" - and more to be found on: http://www.tigersincrisis.com/traditional_medicine.htm
...SEEMS UNREAL AND IT IS HEART BREAKING TO HEAR THIS STORY! SURELY THE ARE OTHER WAYS TO TREAT ILLNESSES. WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO HERBS? THINK ABOUT OUR ANCESTORS, THEY WERE THE ONES WHO INTRODUCES HERBAL REMEDIES AND TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE WAS BASED ON THEM....SO WHY NOT CONTINUE WITH IT AND LEAVE THE POOR TIGERS ALONE!? .
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