Therapeutic uses of animal biles in traditional Chinese medicine: An ethnopharmacological, biophysical chemical and medicinal review

Figure 2 Chronology for the introduction of different animal biles used therapeutically in traditional Chinese medicine. The main Chinese dynasties are listed to the left of year in 500-year increments to indicate the approximate beginning of the dynasty. BCE: Before the common era; CE: Common era which corresponds to the common Gregorian calendar.