Table 5. Annual average consumption of animal items by 13 TCM manufacturers
during 1990-95 period
|
No. of
manufacturers |
Nm. of animal item |
Volume consumed
|
Unit of
measurement
|
|
7
|
Scorpion |
506.658
|
kg
|
|
7
|
Musk |
255.294
|
kg
|
|
6
|
Tortoise carapace & plastron |
430.880
|
kg
|
|
6
|
Toad venom |
216.622
|
kg
|
|
5
|
freshwater turtle shell |
2,795.940
|
kg
|
|
5
|
Ground beetle |
960.510
|
kg
|
|
4
|
Pilose antler |
401.279
|
kg
|
|
4
|
Rat snake |
1,656.776
|
kg
|
|
4
|
Viper |
234.750
|
kg
|
|
4
|
Oyster |
3,933.630
|
kg
|
|
4
|
Saiga horn |
796.820
|
kg
|
|
3
|
Bear gall powder |
29.296
|
kg
|
|
3
|
Leopard bone |
25.437
|
kg
|
|
3
|
Pangolin scale |
214.680
|
kg
|
|
3
|
Feces of flying squirrels |
6,088.610
|
kg
|
|
3
|
Earthworm |
1,166.800
|
kg
|
|
3
|
Abalone shell |
891.573
|
kg
|
|
3
|
Many-banded krait |
20,300pc+32.1kg
|
piece/kg
|
|
2
|
Bear gall bladders |
0.000
|
kg
|
|
2
|
*tiger bone |
37.525
|
kg.
|
|
2
|
Deer antler |
592.350
|
kg
|
|
2
|
Gecko |
3,038.550
|
pair
|
|
1
|
Macaque calculus |
50.000
|
kg
|
|
1
|
*Rhino horn |
41.880
|
kg
|
|
1
|
Elephant skin |
45.000
|
unidentified
|
|
1
|
Deer tail |
71.090
|
kg
|
|
1
|
Feces of bats |
8.860
|
kg
|
|
1
|
Seashores |
13.320
|
kg
|
|
1
|
Centipede |
9,650.000
|
piece
|
|
1
|
Centipede |
8.460
|
|
|
1
|
Aspongopus chinensis |
104.000
|
|
|
1
|
Horsefly |
68.000
|
|
|
1
|
Grub may beetle |
66.000
|
|
|
1
|
Leech |
86.000
|
|
|
animal items
included in the questionnaire but no use was indicated
|
|||
|
-
|
Forest frog's oviduct |
-
|
-
|
|
-
|
Hedgehog skin |
-
|
|
|
-
|
Deer genitals |
-
|
|
|
-
|
Hawksbill turtle |
-
|
|
|
-
|
Red coral |
-
|
|
Notes:
1."-"=not used;
2."*"statistics
before May 29 ban of 1993.