Dyeing and weight gain of Chinese herbal pieces is "self destructing Great Wall"

On September 8, the State Food and drug administration revealed on its official website that a number of production enterprises had achieved weight gain by illegally dyeing Chinese herbal pieces At present, 12 relevant enterprises have been investigated (September 9, Beijing Times) it's really outrageous for enterprises to dye and gain weight for Chinese Herbal Pieces in order to make money Drugs are used to treat patients They should be genuine The first is the first, the second is the second Otherwise, the curative effect will be greatly reduced, and even side effects will be produced It is playing with people's health and life As pointed out by the State Food and drug administration, the production of Chinese herbal medicines and Chinese herbal pieces is the source of the production, operation and use of Chinese herbal medicines Through dyeing and adding weight and adulterating Chinese herbal pieces, it will bring great harm to the follow-up production of Chinese herbal medicines and the use of clinical formulas, causing systematic safety risks, and is a serious and abominable illegal act The adulteration of pharmaceutical enterprises makes the fake "self destruct the Great Wall" Traditional Chinese medicine has thousands of years of history in China, and it is also favored by many people For many years, many traditional Chinese medicine enterprises have taken the entry of traditional Chinese medicine into the European and American market as their goal The main channel is to pass the approval of FDA and the European Union's traditional medicine registration procedure directive However, no case of traditional Chinese medicine has been registered so far, because traditional Chinese medicine does not have its own efficacy evaluation system and evaluation method At present, traditional Chinese medicine is only sold as health care products, food, extracts, preparations and other non pharmaceutical products in overseas markets, which cannot be sold in pharmacies and hospitals, nor can it enter the prescription drug market and be included in the medical insurance system In a difficult situation, drug companies will not win the overseas market, but also lose the trust of the domestic people Drugs are related to people's health and life safety, and it is not allowed to adulterate them Therefore, it is no doubt necessary for the State Food and drug administration to strengthen the supervision and timely expose the illegal drug enterprises, which should also sound the alarm for the traditional Chinese medicine manufacturers.