RESUMEN
As state key-protected wild medicinal materials, their species are collected in State Key-protected Wild Medicinal Species List, State Key-protected Wild Animals List, and State Key-protected Wild Plants List (the first) and Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendix I/II, and there are legal medicinal material standards. Based on the statistical results of the existence frequency in Chinese patent medicine and the literatures of medicinal materials cultivation and breeding situation, the application of key-protected wild medicinal materials is preliminarily estimated, which would provide the reference for their sustainable utilization.
RESUMEN
Some laws about the national key-protected wild medicinal materials, their resources and application status are reviewed. Some problems about the management and application of the national key-protected wild medicinal materials are also analyzed. It is suggested that the special technical requirements should be put forward according to the endangered categories, the state, and requirement of resource. The registration of Chinese patent medicine containing the national key-protected wild medicinal materials should be confined strictly for their sustainable utilization.