What Is Rhino Horn Used For In Chinese Medicine? | QI

This clip is from QI Series R, Episode 14, 'Animals' with Sandi Toksvig, Alan Davies, Tom Allen, Maggie Aderin-Pocock and Ed Gamble.

[ROLNDpkmnguide]

In these covid episodes I always think "oh my the joke tanked", before i realize there is just no crowd

[joyl]

Placebo-effect must have been particularly powerful for it to be that popular.

[LeornianCyng]

Definitely one of all time best episodes of QI XL and yes we need more academics like the brilliant Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock on the show, hopefully more appearances from her. On Rhinos, we really need to do more in terms of conservation and protection of these beautiful animals. I’d love for the World Wildlife Foundation to be an official body of the United Nations.

[deafeningoctopus]

Traditional Chinese medicine... The arch-nemeses of conservationists.

[NewMessage]

Somewhere out there, Lurr is scowling.

[tomrowell]

If the keratin from rhino horn is what gives it “some” useful properties for medicine, why not just use anyone’s hair or fingernails? Surely it’s all the same, especially if it’s all crushed and powdered anyway - I hope that in China newer generations with more scientific understanding give no demand to poaching rhinos

[nomennescio]

Wasn't there one clip Stephen did on the show, where they talked about reintroducing animals to their native habitats after being hunted to near extinction, where they have a bit about tiger penis and antelope antlers being hunted for their aphrodisiac properties?

If I imagined that, it's a very elaborate hallucination.

[carltonleboss]

Sounds weird without the laughter from the audience...

[alexbanks]

Why are there no subtitles (not even generated ones)?

[mirthenary]

But what about human horn? A friend of mine, Lrrr, wants to know

[tonnyblake]

Whole point of QI is to recreate school humour by elderly comedians. Well done!

[jaccihuddy]

Not even funny, leave our Rhino's alone.

[davidmaxwaterman]

"It's nonsense though, right - the medicinal uses" - "yeah, except it reduces fever"

So, the correct answer is "no, it's not nonsense".