Amway speeds up the mining of rich resources of Chinese herbal medicine

After three years of research and site selection, Amway (China) plant R & D Center recently fell to Jiangsu Wuxi, at the founding ceremony of the R & D center held on October 9, Kang Zhiwei, vice president of supply chain and R & D of Amway Global Institutions, said that as the first plant R & D center of Amway and an important part of Amway Global R & D system, Wuxi plant R & D Center will be committed to the organic planting of plants dominated by Chinese herbal medicines and shoulder the responsibility of Amway Global R & D of Chinese herbal medicines, which also It means that Amway family will add more herbaceous products in the future Reporter Zhang Guanchao, Amway's research and development of Chinese herbal medicine has entered the fast lane "Chinese medicine is the essence accumulated in thousands of years of Chinese history, and the top Chinese herbal medicine research force is also concentrated here Amway has been committed to plant nutrition research for nearly 80 years, and introducing Chinese herbal medicine and traditional Chinese medicine ideas into Amway products will be an important development direction for the company in the future." Chen Jia, vice president of R & D and technical regulations of Amway, told reporters Chen Jia said frankly, because there is not enough clinical evidence, traditional Chinese medicine has been rejected by European and American countries for a long time If it is used as a food supplement, it may be a very good attempt for Chinese herbal medicine to go abroad The reporter in the interview learned that Amway's research and development of Chinese herbal plants did not start from scratch Since 2006, Amway has started to explore the "rich mineral area" in the field of traditional Chinese medicine In that year, the enterprise developed a new Nutrilite Health care product - gingko deserticola, which is widely favored by consumers in the United States, Japan, South Korea and other markets From this month, gingko deserticola will also be officially sold to the Chinese market "It can be said to be an example of the combination of traditional Chinese medicine theory and Western medicine technology in Amway products." Chen Jia told reporters that Cistanche deserticola is an extremely valuable Chinese herbal medicine, known as "desert ginseng" From the perspective of Cistanche tonifying kidney in traditional Chinese medicine theory, the R & D team used modern biological models to screen and scientifically certify in Amway laboratory in the United States, and finally proved that the ginkgo deserticola product can improve the memory caused by aging from both Chinese and Western medicine The effect of memory loss Global Amway customers are expected to use "R & D in China" If Nutrilite tablets need to rely on overseas research and development, after the completion of the Wuxi plant research and development center, more TCM theories and Chinese herbal extracts will be integrated into Amway products through local research efforts "As an international cooperative research platform, the center will focus on the organic planting research of Chinese herbal medicine and the research and development of health and beauty functions of extracts in the future." Chen Jia said that the R & D center will cooperate with the Royal herb Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and China Academy of Chinese medicine in the future, and further dig the resources of Chinese herbal medicine, so that the majority of Amway consumers will benefit more from the essence of TCM "The Amway will be more successful It is understood that the first phase investment of Amway (China) plant R & D center is US $10 million The center includes a research laboratory and a research farm covering an area of 700 mu The farm will plant all kinds of Chinese herbal medicines required by the R & D center Chen Jia said that as one of the countries with the most abundant natural Chinese herbal resources in the world, China has discovered 12807 kinds of Chinese herbal resources However, due to the scattered cultivation and low level of scientific research, the rich resource advantages have not really changed into industrial advantages and market advantages "The research on modern science and technology of Chinese herbal medicine is still in its infancy The combination of traditional Chinese medicine theory and modern health food industry requires a strong R & D capability and high-level production technology The establishment of Wuxi plant R & D center will certainly help the in-depth exploration of Chinese herbal medicine resources in the field of health products." Chen Jia said.