But in Chinese medicine, where tiger bones are used for their high quantities of gelatin, many different substances can replace them. Such plants as cyathula root, acanthopanax bark, and teasel root can all stand in fortiger bones without reducing the brew's effectiveness.
但在木瓜虎骨酒裡，虎骨主要是膠質多，有很多物品可以代替，因此只要保留川牛膝、天麻、五加皮、川續斷等植物藥，去掉虎骨，療效依然不減。