China TIbet News
Zhu Shan
August 12, 2015
After the collection and choice of endangered Tibetan medicine materialsin southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) by Tibetan medicine experts, botanists and some companies, 74 species are on the list of endangered Tibetan medicine, which are divided into three levels for protection. Besides, according to the demands of local pharmaceutical factory and markets from inside and outside TAR, theses endangered Tibetan medicine species are further classified.
“The research of artificial culture will be carried out, which is the most effective way for endangered Tibetan medicine species protection.”saidTashiTsering, the director of the biology institute in Tibetan Hospital of ATR. The Tibetan Hospital will focus on the collection of Tibetan medicine seeds, the quality seeds control, the seedsbreeding and other research works. Besides, a variety of artificial culture will be attempted to promote cultivation.
It is reported from the Cheezheng Tibetan Medicine Co., LTD in Tibetthat three kinds of Tibetan medicine bases–protection base, wild nurturing base and Tibetan medicine growing base were built. The protecting base mainly conserves the producing areas of Tibetan medicine with biodiversity of Qinghai-Tibet plateau and lays the found bases for ensuring the sustainable development of Tibetan medicines.
With the development of tourism in Tibet, the Tibet-specific medicines, such as rhodiolae root, soussurea, gentianfuttereridiels and other precious natural drugs, are promoted blindly. Most tourists have no idea that only through special processing can some drugs benefit people. Selling Tibetan medicine blindly not only wastes thenatural resources but also misleads the customers. “We are appealing to the relative departments of protecting the Tibetan medicine to issue regulations for protection and using of Tibetan medicines.”said TashiTsering.
