中医治疗骨折的方法除为手法整复、局部固定及外敷药以外,尚用辨症施治的内服药。内服药无論是湯剂、丸剂或散剂都包括自然銅,旨在“續筋接骨”。中药接骨的自然銅是一种經过鍛炼的天然矿石,經分析发現以铁为主,含有少量銅。銅是人体内含有的微量金属,为机体所不可缺少。苏联学者同科瓦尔斯基教授注意到动物飼料缺銅可以产生肢体瘫痪,运动失調;植物如麦子因土壤缺銅亦可 Chinese medicine treatment of fractures in addition to manipulation techniques, local fixation and external application of drugs, are still using internal medicine for syndrome differentiation. Internal medicines, whether decoctions, pills, or powders, include natural copper and are intended to “renew rib bones”. The natural copper of the traditional Chinese medicine bone is a kind of natural ore that has been exercised. It has been found through analysis that it is mainly iron and contains a small amount of copper. Copper is a trace metal contained in the human body and is indispensable to the body. Soviet scholars and Prof. Kowalski noted that copper deficiency in animal feed can cause paralysis and movement disorders; plants such as wheat may also lack copper in soil.