Economics Model of Sustainable Use of Chinese Medicinal Resources
- VernacularTitle:中药资源可持续利用经济学模型探讨
- Author:
Li HU
;
Wensheng ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Natural resources of Chinese medicinal materials;
Sustainable use;
Economics model;
Ecological benefit
- From:
China Pharmacy
1991;0(03):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
OBJECTIVE: To study an economics model to achieve the sustainable use of Chinese medicinal resources and solve the problem of the shortage of Chinese medicinal resources which restrict the development of Chinese medicine(CM) industry.METHODS:Taking the staple Chinese crude drug Radix Glycyrrhizae as example,the basic model in resource economics was used to analyze the optimal yearly digging(collecting) amount and reserving amount of the wild natural Chinese medicinal resource under the sustainable economics model,meanwhile the value of sustainable use of Chinese medicinal resources was taken into consideration in view of the ecological effect.RESULTS:Taking the ecological effect into consideration is of positive value for the sustainable use of natural resource,which should also be considered as an index in evaluating the value of future resources.CONCLUSION:Ecological effect is an indispensible factor to consider in the process achieving sustainable use of Chinese medicinal resource.
