Guest guest Posted May 5, 2001 Report Share Posted May 5, 2001 As animal parts become rarer or endangered, this also brings up an interesting question regarding substitution in herbal formulas. What do you replace animal parts with in herbal formulas; or do you simply just omit them all together? What do you substitute for Tiger Bone in formulas? Earlier I used a bovine bone powder, but lately a Calcium citrate/Magnesium citrate powder. Neither one has the pungent and warm energy that Tiger bone does, but they do supply the structurative element and some analgesic and anti-spasmotic qualities. For seal penis yesterday, I substituted Sha yuan zi (Astragalus seeds) because even though they are not salty and hot, they are warm and go to the liver and kidney meridians. The formula works wonderfully. And for fish bladder, a Glucosamine/Chondroitin powder since fish bladder contains chondroitin in part. The formula was for knee and leg strength and the substitution functions well in it. Jim Ramholz , wrote: > > > > > > is pangolin still legally available in the U.S. (i.e. not endangered) ?? > > > > ============================== > > Peter L. Borten, L.Ac. > > my understanding is that they are not legal... however they are available in Los Angeles although expensive. > The Australian Clinical Handbook of Internal Medicine by Littleton/MacLean states, " Pangolins are probably endangered in the wild, but are farmed for their scales. Manis species are listed by CITES (Appp. 2). (possible substitution) Zao Jiao Ci. " Page 921 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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