Where are the main ingredients of Western medicine extracted from

2023-11-10

Some western medicines are extracted from Chinese medicine, and some are not. There are many factors that can be used as Chinese medicine, including plants, animals and minerals can be used for medical purposes, and the characteristics of Chinese medicine is natural and rational. The main components of Western medicine are organic chemicals and inorganic chemicals extracted, these chemicals are usually hidden in the stems and leaves of plants, or the nutrients in the liver of animals, need to be refined by chemical means, so most of the Western medicine is extracted from traditional Chinese medicine.

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