Illegal Chinese medicine

When I was walking to work this morning, I spotted some items being sold on street by a merchant. When I had a look, I noticed they were Chinese medicine. I’m not afraid to take legal Chinese medicine, perhaps to cure a sport injury or fight an upcoming fever, but these items are quite something else.

Apparently, the items on the left are tiger penises (good for stemina?) and on the items on the right are goat horns. It’s also common to see tiger claws.

He laughed when I asked if it was okay if I took a picture. It’s hard to blame these poachers when they have families to feed.

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  • http://twitter.com/joop/status/8895223325 Joop

    RT @joop: Illegal Chinese medicine http://bit.ly/9VTHyX

  • http://www.nooidea.com nooidea

    it works however.

    and these guys may be someone who really understand the ancient stuff of chinese medicine :)

  • http://twitter.com/aritokyo/status/8896507360 Ari Tamat

    @joop They still sell tiger organs in Shanghai? Outrageous! RE: Illegal Chinese medicine http://bit.ly/9VTHyX

  • http://twitter.com/victed/status/8897996525 VK

    illegal Chinese medicine http://bit.ly/9VTHyX via @joop : )

  • http://adamdanielmezei.com Adam Daniel Mezei

    The last Year of the Tiger marked the beginning of the Korean War | http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=cc049595ef46b317c9a4641424f0e7ec I thought this might be interesting, from the good people at Shanghaiist.

  • http://www.JoopDorresteijn.com Joop Dorresteijn

    Hi Adam, thanks for the link very interesting!

  • jeehye

    tiger pennis that long? really?? @@

  • admin

    There are also some parts from the inside of the tiger body ;-)

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