The ethnic areas have unique natural conditions and living customs, and long-term practice has formed unique treatment experience for certain diseases. For example, alpine areas specialize in treating rheumatism, the Oroqen people have unique treatment methods for frostbite, and the grassland nomads are good at treating bruises and concussions. The development of ethnic medicines involves a wide range of ethnic groups and regions, and the product dosage forms are diverse. Since the 1970s, Yunnan has developed 20 new drugs from ethnic medicines. Among them, the famous "Dai Jisong" is a muscle relaxant developed from the Dai medicine "Yahunu"; "It was developed from the tofu glycoside isolated from the common "muzha" of the Jingpo people; the "Dengzhan Asarum Injection" was developed from the Miao medicine Dengzhan Asarum; and the Hani medicine Qingye gall was used to treat hepatitis. "Qingye gallbladder tablets"; "Kunmingshan Haitang tablets" produced from the Hani medicine "Moazane" can be used to treat rheumatoid and lupus erythematosus; "Aisumeng" (rock cabbage), a Naxi medicine, was developed Cabbage vegetable slices" and so on.
The "Tangchong Nabo" (Tanggute mountain hyoscyamine) in Tibetan medicine is a specialty of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The extracted anisodamine and anisodine have the function of improving microcirculation and can be used to treat various diseases. Symptoms such as toxic shock and dizziness; "Qi Gan Ning" and "B Hepat Ning" were made from Tibetan flower anchor extracts; Tibetan Yin Chen (Pulan Swertia) was used to produce patent medicines "Dida Pills" and "Zang Yin Chen Sugar Coating" "Tablets" and "Zangyinchen Capsules"; using Tanggut Daphne and musk as raw materials, we produce "Qinghai Musk Cream", "Zushima Injection", etc. The U.S. medicine Snow Lotus is used to produce "Fengshiling" capsules and injections, "Beili Cream", etc.