For example, before Western medicine entered China, water buffalo horn was often used as a replacement for costly rhino horn to reduce fever. Chemical analysis and clinical records have been made about water buffalo on the mainland, where it is listed in reference books of Chinese medicine.
比如西藥未進入中國前，古代社會就多以水牛角來替代貴重的犀角退燒，在大陸，經過成分分析與臨床紀錄，更已將水牛角列入藥典中。