Endangered species campaign "Even though it is said that we
should treat animals as humble and humans as noble, when it
comes to loving life, humans and animals are the same. Injuring
the other to benefit oneself, since all things suffer
identically in their feelings, how could you consider humans as
beyond this?" Sun Simiao (581 - 682 CE) Sun Simiao, known as
China's King of Medicine also said, in his book of medical
treatments, "To kill life to save life, this takes you even
further away from life. This is the supreme reason why in these
formulas I have not used living things as medicine." Despite
this Buddhist-influenced view, a wide range of animal products
has been used in Chinese medicine for over two millennia. Many
have significant medical value and form an important part of the
materia medica. However, several animal species used in
traditional Chinese medicine are now endangered. Others, for
example the Asiatic black bear, are subjected to unacceptable
suffering. However much the use of these substa