Source: Jinan Times (jinanshibao1996) compiled from Chengdu TV, Sina Weibo
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In everyone’s impression,
biting fingernails is certainly not a good habit,
however,
Mr. Li from Chengdu recently bought medicine and
was surprised to find that the ingredient list of a certain medicine
included ‘human nails’.
(Please watch the video below ↓)
Human nails!
How could such a thing be used in medicine?
The pharmacy staff said that
human nails are indeed a type of traditional Chinese medicine,
and they will definitely be disinfected before use,
but as for their efficacy,
she was not very clear.
Li Jimin, the dean of the School of Traditional Chinese Medicine at Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, stated that
there is no need to be overly surprised about the use of human nails in medicine,
as the use of nails in medicine has been recorded in the Tang Dynasty’s Qianjin Yaofang,
which has a history of over a thousand years.
In TCM, nails are referred to as “jin tui”
and are believed to possess various medicinal properties.
Due to the abundance of medications for reducing swelling and stopping bleeding,
the use of ‘human nails’ has become rare,
which is why it may seem surprising to many.
Professor Li also mentioned that,
in addition to human nails,
there are many treasures from the human body in traditional Chinese medicine,
such as hair, urine, etc., which are also used as medicine…
Traditional Chinese medicine is profound and extensive, let’s give a thumbs up forbetter promotion of traditional Chinese medicine!