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    China's offline bear bile product drugstores increased to 11 chains and 260 drugstores

    • Last Update: 2013-08-09
    • Source: Internet
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    On August 8, 151 drugstores in all 8 drugstore chains under Chengdu pharmaceutical alliance jointly promised not to sell bear bile products Up to now, there have been 11 chains and 260 pharmacies in China that have participated in the "no harm treatment" project and promised not to sell bear bile The "treatment without harm" campaign, which began in February 2010, is a project set up by the Asian animal fund to ban live bear bile collection The project is aimed at hospitals, doctors, pharmacies and other bear bile drug sales channels, and calls for the cessation of the use of bear bile products, so that the live bear bile industry is no longer necessary Chengdu pharmaceutical alliance and Asia animal fund held the 4th activity of "no harm treatment" chain drugstore project in Chengdu on August 8 Before the event, all drug stores had taken bear bile drugs off the shelves In other cities in China, more than 100 pharmacies have taken bear gall off shelves in 2012 "No business, no harm." Zhong Yuanwei, deputy general manager of Chengdu Dahua pharmacy, said at the event that in order to ensure public health and better undertake the social and environmental responsibilities of pharmacy enterprises, he promised to support the "treatment without injury" project on behalf of Chengdu pharmaceutical alliance, and no longer sell bear bile products from today He also hopes that more pharmacies will be aware of the problem of draining bear bile and join the "no harm treatment" project as soon as possible The managers and staff of each drugstore are very supportive of this activity They say it's very cruel and inhumane for a living bear to pluck its gall The gall black bear suffered a lot and its physical condition was not optimistic It is also unsafe for patients to extract bear gall from these diseased bears Professor Liu Zhengcai, a famous professor of traditional Chinese medicine and a national expert of traditional Chinese medicine, said that although bear gall has been used for thousands of years, it has never been commonly used "Bear gall can be replaced by many other herbs, especially herbs, which are cheap and effective It's cruel to take gall from a living bear It goes against the concept of harmony between man and nature in traditional Chinese medicine " Xie luobenchen, founder and CEO of Asia animal fund, also participated in the event and expressed his gratitude to the chain drugstores She mentioned that today is exactly the 15th anniversary of the Asia animal fund She believes that after years of efforts and seeing so much support, the fight against live bear bile has reached a turning point of ultimate success.
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