"Chinese medicine going out" needs to grasp the standard to evaluate the right of speech

Fang Shuting, President of the China Association of traditional Chinese medicine, said at the 44th Zhangshu national herbal medicine trade fair held here recently that traditional Chinese medicine, known as the "quintessence of China", often encounters green barriers in the process of export trade, so it is imperative to hold the right to speak of evaluation standards when going abroad In recent years, with China's economic development and cultural strength, the good effect of traditional Chinese medicine has been accepted by many countries At present, China has signed more than 90 government agreements with more than 70 countries (regions) in the world, including the cooperation of traditional Chinese medicine, which has spread to nearly 170 countries and regions in the world But we have to admit that traditional Chinese medicine is generally difficult to enter the mainstream market of international medicine, most of which can only be used in the Chinese circle According to reports, a Chinese medicine to enter a country, usually through strict registration approval and component testing, and these approval and testing standards are in the hands of others "The unqualified and the non admittance has the final say China does not have the right to speak on its own and can only be led by others " Since 2011, the European Union has implemented the directive on the registration procedure of traditional botanical drugs According to the directive, Chinese patent medicines need to be used in European countries for more than 15 years in the European Union, more than 30 years in China and relevant certificates In addition, they also need to apply for permission The premise of permission is to test every component of Chinese patent medicine "Not to mention whether it can pass the test, the test cost of millions of pounds alone has become a difficult threshold to cross in front of the export of traditional Chinese medicine." A representative of a Chinese herbal medicine enterprise participating in the drug fair said At the same time, some countries and organizations frequently issued notices that heavy metals and other components of Chinese herbal medicines exceeded the standard or even were toxic In July this year, Greenpeace issued a warning on pesticide residues in Chinese herbal medicines, saying that the pesticide residues in many Chinese herbal medicines exceeded the warning line, and some even reached alarming levels "The problem of excessive heavy metals and pesticide residues in traditional Chinese medicine is mainly caused by different standards." Cao LAN, an associate professor at Jiangxi University of traditional Chinese medicine, believes that many traditional Chinese medicines in foreign countries are not sold in the name of drugs, but are regarded as food In fact, this is to apply the standards of western countries for food and food additives to Chinese herbal medicines "Western medicine is a data science and traditional Chinese medicine is an empirical science They do not belong to the same evaluation system." Zhou Yixiang, deputy director of Zhangshu pharmaceutical Bureau, believes that traditional Chinese medicine is the quintessence of China and requires the Chinese people to have the right to speak Traditional Chinese medicine plays an important role in the prevention and treatment of SARS, and more and more foreigners gradually accept acupuncture and moxibustion technology All these prove that traditional Chinese medicine needs to obtain a wider recognition through the actual treatment effect Cao Hongxin, President of the Chinese Academy of traditional Chinese medicine, said that in addition to facing green barriers, there are also cultural identity problems "Traditional Chinese medicine is a medical science with profound cultural heritage It is difficult to understand without a certain degree of Chinese cultural cultivation, such as the idea of correspondence between heaven and man, the combination of yin and Yang, and the adaptation of movement and stillness " At the same time, it is necessary to strengthen the promotion of Chinese culture "The cultivation of traditional Chinese medicine is the basis for the development of the whole industry of traditional Chinese medicine The state should encourage the development of cooperatives for the cultivation of traditional Chinese medicine, and strictly control the quality at the source through standardized, large-scale and intensive cultivation and production." Fang Shuting confessed that some Chinese herbal medicine growers illegally used chemical fertilizers and pesticides and soil heavy metal pollution, which indirectly led to problems such as excessive heavy metal in Chinese herbal medicine, to a certain extent, affected the international image of Chinese medicine, leaving their mouths and facts to be ignored.