In the Qing dynasty, there was a medicine for treating knife wounds called sharp medicine. Why not now?

It is not because this medicine for treating knife wounds disappeared in the Qing Dynasty, but because in this era, people don't need this medicine, and there are many medicines to replace it. Moreover, the raw materials of this medicine also have deep historical value. If this material is only used for pharmacy, it can be said that it is a waste of this material, so people have left this material for our national archaeology.

In today's society, compared with the Qing dynasty, there are fewer wars in our country. At least in some areas of the mainland, there may be wars only on the border. This medicine is usually used when a general is injured on the battlefield, but with the development of science and technology and medicine, this medicine has been replaced by other drugs, and even the newly discovered medicine is more effective than this one, so people no longer use this medicine.

Moreover, in the Qing dynasty, the material used to make this medicine was actually keel, which actually had certain scientific research value, because they were elephants and rhinoceros bone fossils. Although the time is not long, the words engraved on it can reflect some cultural conditions of the Qing Dynasty at that time. Although these fossils grind it into powder and have therapeutic effect on knife wounds, its scientific research value is far greater than its medical value.

Moreover, it is illegal to use the bones of rhinoceros or elephants to make this medicine now, because these animals are wild protected animals in our country, and no matter who they are, they need to abide by the principle of protecting animals. It is unforgivable to hurt innocent animals easily, but actually use them in useful places.

Because of today's social development and the important understanding of the previous culture, our country no longer relies on this drug, so it naturally disappears.