If Chinese people r so wise then why don't they stop using tiger products & other rare animal products ?

Question

I have read in history that chinese peole r very wise & intelligent. They were very advanced with their inventions. But when it comes to medicine the chinese people use a lot of animals products. Some of the animals products they use require the death of Tigers, Lions, Rhinoceroes, Elephants etc.

They want tiger bones for curing impotence other ailments. Similarily they want other rare & endangered animals for makin all sorts of medicine.

China has developed so much so why r they h**l Bent upon on Killing Rare & Endangered Animals for Medicines.

Answer 1

i guess they think it's organic and natural and natural medicine is always better than man made ones.

Answer 2

It's often difficult to understand cultures other than your own.

The Chinese have long traditions in this area.  Frankly they're less harmful when following their traditions than when they seem to be bent on repeating every mistake the West has made in their industrial development.

Answer 3

The same reason we eat beef and wear alligator skin boots, and test on lab animals looking medical cures.  

Each culture is different in their ways of survival ~ really, they are no different than we are...

Answer 4

Sorry, one has nothing to do with the other. Chinese medicine has been around for millenia and the use of animal products has always played a role. Considering Western medicine has only been around for a few centuries, I don't think we should be looking down our noses at the Chinese, just because we don't agree with their methods. They achieve a lot of success that we often still can't explain.

Just for the sake of discussion, if you "theoretically" had a cure for cancer, but it required the horn of a rhinoceros, would you use it?

Answer 5

People in general are just big, stupid, upright monkeys with opposable thumbs.  We AREN'T that smart.  

The Chinese are no different and are just as superstitious...which is often why they grind up animals for medicines.  Stupid, isn't it?

The only way humans ever really do anything is if they feel pain.  Pain is what causes humans to change direction.  Put the hurt on at the gas pumps and people will stop driving SUVs...put the hurt on people who hunt and kill endangered animals and it will stop.  When I say, "put the hurt on", I mean, "Cut off someones right leg" or "brand their face in Chinese symbols that read, 'I poach animals and am very, very stupid.  I can't follow directions.  Please kick me.'".

Do it...

Answer 6

You're lumping everybody together.  Just because someone's Chinese doesn't mean they are wise or unwise.  They're like everybody else.  

Culture often takes prescedence over many other things anyway.  Look at the US:  we're more concerned about money and the economy, we're willing to make the earth unihabitable to save a few bucks.

Answer 7

Whatever makes you think that people who still believe that eating vague animal parts would make them virile are wise??? They are are dumber than the animals they use for their medicines.

Answer 8

Why can't you be wise enough to worry about yourself and your own country, and not try to control what people in other countries do?

Answer 9

because every culture is different!

its not that they are wise or unwise, they're just like

everyone else. thats just their way of life, and its been

around for ages....

Answer 10

Because they are not near as wise as people claim!

Answer 11

Simple. They are no more wise than anybody else.

Answer 12

They are no more wise than any other humans. They are very traditional in an unquestioning way.

Answer 13

Oh Oh... This kind of stereotyping is not a good attitude for you to have. It is a kind of racism, and I hope you do not consider yourself a racist.

The culture of China encourages development of the individual, both mentally and physically. It is an old culture with many traditions, some of which are strange to others, or even strange to Chinese in different parts of China.

I think it would be more interesting to notice that China has had a history of what Westerners call naturual and herbal medicine. They have had time during the pre-scientific era to try out the effects of thousands of natural concontions to learn what effects it had on the human body, both as a curative or as a poison.  

Every society has a history. If you look at the superstitious aspects of every society you can find ideas just as strange as using a rhino's horn as a medicine.

Most Chinese do not ever use parts of endangered species as medicine. It is common to use herbs and minerals, and mixtures. They have a long history of this and they have kept what seems to work.

;-D Maybe it is just the placebo effect, but who knows? I know I don't. Oops! I spilled some salt! I better throw a pinch over my shoulder!

Answer 14

Many Pacific Rim cultures have strong threads going back centuries to a vast array of beliefs, practices and traditions.

A number of these are recognized has having solid scientific and mathematical grounds -- like navigation, chemistry and architecture.  Pacific Rim societies were the first to use the compass, create gunpowder and use a keystone in the building of arches.

Not all of these developments had sound merit -- most of the medicinal practices are based on superstition and false beliefs.  Sadly, many endangered species are suffering because of these misguided medical concepts.  Tigers, turtles and whales to name a few.

China, Japan and Korea are all facing mounting pressure from numerous western countries to clean up their acts when it comes to the illegal selling of endangered animal parts.  The good news is the efforts to stop these actions are finally notching up some hard fought victories (i.e., a number of seafood markets in China now are banned from selling any turtle related products).

The best thing you can do to help bring an end to these practices is make your voice heard.  Boycott products from these countries, sign petitions, join a demonstration outside an embassy or consulate, and VOTE!!!