| Summary: | Traditional Chinese medicine finds in Czech Republic many fans and this trend is still developing. More and more people are seeking help in Chinese medicine specialists. A large amount of people also uses the TCM preparations as a part of self-medication, as a wide offer of TCM can be found on internet. However, it must be kept in mind that the natural sources are narrow. Some plant and animal species are endangered of dying out mainly because of rising international trade which concerns them. Therefore there is an urgent need to regulate this large international trade and not let to exterminate some plant and animal species. This is the main task of the international organization CITES, which very thoroughly and effectively controls the trade with endangered species, which are registered according to the degree of threat in attachments I, II and III of the CITES agreement. Obviously also the import to EU and the Czech Republic is regulated and under control. From all the companies, which offer the TCM preparations on the Czech web sites, which are mentioned in this assignment, only the Tcmbohemia company (www.tcmbohemia.cz) offers two products which contain plant-ingredients protected by CITES. These are 039 - called "větrem zbořený altán", which contains rhizome of a plant Gastrodia elata and...
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