Chinese Herbal Medicine is Almost Zero Resources Protection

Chinese medicine in China is the world's mostexcessive digging led to the devastating destruction of
resource-rich countries, but has long been inadequatevegetation, the rapid dry grassland desertification,
attention to the development of traditional Chinesesandstorms are frequent, difficult to calculate economic
medicine resources, a serious shortage of inputs.losses. Since 1980, Ningxia dig licorice destroyed 800
Chinese germplasm conservation is nearly blank, andmu grassland, harvested every year nationwide
agricultural resources, plant resources, forestryEphedra and destruction of grasslands up to 2,700
resources, compared to capacity building has a hugesquare kilometers. The same time, ecosystem
gap, and the current rapid development of Chineseinterdependence between species, the destruction and
medicine industry was difficult to adjust. In the recentlydisappearance of a species will affect the survival of
held China Wild Plant Conservation Association ofmore than 10 species, destruction of traditional Chinese
Medicinal Plant Conservation Committee at themedicine resources and species biodiversity caused
inaugural meeting, the first Chairman of the Committee,by the impact immeasurable.
the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Institute ofChen Shilin, we have to correctly understand the
Medicinal Plant Professor Chen Shilin call to promotecharacteristics of wild medicinal plant resources,
the industry from wild medicinal plants in order to usechanges in pure protection, partial protection of ideas,
field resources mainly to take advantage of artificiallyand vigorously promote the resources for training,
propagated to the main changes in resources to easescientific and reasonable development and utilization of
the pressure on wild resources protection.resources to adhere to "protect the first, great efforts
Traditional Chinese medicine resources and irrationalto cultivate and reasonable use" principle. To
use of resources on biological diversity, and growthprotection-based, to promote the artificial propagation
habitat of the ecological environment caused seriousof resources, resources to the extent permitted to be
damage. According to Shi-lin, at present, China has 169scientific and rational use, and certainly not at the
kinds of medicinal plants under the "Regulations on theexpense of resources and the environment as the
Protection of wild medicinal resources," "Internationalprice of the "Banded" type use. Chinese Wild Plant
Convention on Endangered Animals and Plants" andConservation Association was established
"National Wild Plants Protection Ordinance," on theCommission for the Conservation of medicinal plants, is
subject in the trade and use of appropriate controlsto further organize and mobilize and rally the forces of
and restrictions. Is endangered in China nearly 3,000the parties, to strengthen the protection of wild
species of plants used for medicine or a medicinalmedicinal plant resources is an important step.
value, about 60% -70%. Released in 1992, "China PlantOn the artificial cultivation of endangered medicinal
Red Data Book", the collected set of 398 kinds ofplants, the establishment of cultivated and wild tending
endangered plants, medicinal plants, 168 species,base base, is to solve the protection and use of
accounting for 42%.contradictions, an effective way to achieve sustainable
Take advantage of the wild plant-based 300 to 400use. Professor Peng-Fei Tu, Peking University Institute
kinds of commonly used resources of Chineseof Medicine, Chinese medicine field of wild medicinal
medicine is extremely prominent, of which more thanmaterials tending to the advantage of cultivation and
100 kinds are showing signs of sharp decline. Beijingwild collection combine the production of Chinese
University of Chinese Medicine Professor Wangherbal medicines can be better resolved face the
Wenquan example, the wild plant medicine resourcescurrent poor quality medicines, resources, endangered,
such as Cordyceps sinensis, dark purple fritillary,and three problems of ecological deterioration.
Dendrobium, licorice, Cep, silver Bupleurum, Cistanche,Chinese management expert Professor Ren Dequan
re-building, octagonal lotus, Ming Codonopsis, snowthat, according to the dynamic changes in traditional
lotus, Millettla and so damage is very serious, is alongChinese medicine resources, sustain the artificial
the "more expensive, more digging, more digging less,breeding of rare and endangered medicinal research
fewer, more expensive" vicious cycle to failure.to achieve the home of wild herbs and artificial
Chinese angelica root, March 7, glehnia other wildbreeding or seed production culture scale through the
individuals has been difficult to find.continued construction of the cultivation of rare and
At the same time, a number of important ecologicalendangered medicinal herbs , breeding base, to ensure
medicine as excavation caused serious ecologicaladequate supply of resources in the wild when the
degradation. Jilin Agricultural University, Professorartificial production methods, the need for continuous
Zhang Lianxue that uncovered one kilogram of licoricesupply of Chinese medicine is a priority.
per 60 square meters of land will be destroyed,