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Innovative development path of ethnomedicines: a case study

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Innovative development extends the vitality of ethnomedicines. Developing ethnomedicines is not only beneficial to the public but also to the related industry and transforms economic growth, driving local social and economic development further. Its economic benefit can be used to optimize and promote the hardware and software of the platform, as well as support the sustainable development of ethnomedicines. Apart from research and discussion on the innovative development of ethnomedicines on the basis of theory and regulations, this series of articles also summarizes cases that are conducive to the overall understanding of the necessity and feasibility of the innovative development. In terms of industrial development, large enterprises and products, such as Yunnan Baiyao, Guizhou Miao ethnomedicines, Cheezheng Tibetan Medicine, products developed from Dengzhanhua (Erigeron breviscapus), the Gold series of Yi ethnomedicines, and products developed from Sanqi (Panax notoginseng), in China are introduced and summarized, focusing on resource superiority, sustainable innovation, standard research and development, and production, as well as intellectual property protection.

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We would like to thank Yunnan Provincial Science and Technology Department for continuously supporting studies on ethnomedicines.

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  1. Yunnan Institute of Materia Medica, Innovation and R & D Center of Yunnan Baiyao Group Co., Ltd., and Yunnan Province Company Key Laboratory for New Drug Research and Development of TCM and Ethnomedicines, Kunming, 650111, China

    Zhaoyun Zhu, Yali Gui, Li Wang, Ting Wang, Yang Yang, Yunzhuang Niu, Dehuan Fu, Jingkun Wang & Tao Cui

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Zhu, Z., Gui, Y., Wang, L. et al. Innovative development path of ethnomedicines: a case study. Front. Med. 11, 297–305 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11684-017-0513-z

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