Gap may guarantee the quality of traditional Chinese medicine from the source

According to the latest investigation report released by Greenpeace International on June 24, more than 70% of the 65 Chinese herbal medicines sampled by nine major Chinese herbal brands in China contain a variety of pesticide residues After the report was released, a stone stirred up a thousand waves, and the quality problems of traditional Chinese medicine were once again pushed to the forefront In fact, during the "two sessions" in recent years, the quality of traditional Chinese medicine has always been one of the focuses of the representatives With the increasing use of traditional Chinese medicine in recent years, its quality problems are also emerging, mainly reflected in four aspects: first, the number of fake products and substitutes is increasing There are thousands of Chinese herbal medicines, and a wide variety With the development and utilization of new medicinal varieties, there are endless substitutes Some operators of traditional Chinese medicine sell fake and inferior medicinal materials to patients by using inferior ones, fake and false ones, adulterating and mixing different varieties The second is that the gap requirements are not met and the quality of the drug is not met For example, some pharmaceutical farmers use a large number of pesticides and chemical fertilizers, or fail to collect them in accordance with the prescribed time and method, so as to form inferior products Third, improper processing Some medicinal materials have high requirements for processing temperature and time, but the medical material processors often ignore this point Fourth, improper transportation and storage At present, there is no uniform packaging for the same kind of Chinese herbal medicine in the domestic market, and most of the professional companies operating herbal medicine have not formulated the relevant packaging standards Some medicinal materials have weakened and changed efficacy due to improper use of packaging materials; some have secondary pollution due to wet and cracked packaging materials, or highly toxic pesticides, high-efficiency fertilizers, or attached with eggs and molds The quality supervision of traditional Chinese medicine involves planting, harvesting, processing, processing, storage, transportation and storage, marketing and use As a special commodity, traditional Chinese medicine has the attributes of both agricultural and sideline products and medicines, which also determines the complexity of its supervision According to the current "code of practice", the competent department in the field of traditional Chinese medicine planting is the agriculture and forestry department, the market supervision of traditional Chinese medicine belongs to the industrial and commercial department, the production of Chinese herbal pieces and proprietary Chinese medicine is supervised by the pharmaceutical supervision department, while the prescription and grasp of medicine in hospitals are supervised by the Ministry of health and the State Administration of traditional Chinese medicine, and the foreign trade of traditional Chinese medicine is supervised by the Ministry of Commerce This pattern of multi sector supervision makes it difficult for the field of traditional Chinese medicine to achieve mutual coordination, step-by-step and planned development in terms of basic scientific research, and it is also difficult to unify the formulation of relevant laws, regulations and standards In terms of supervision, the specific responsibilities of specific departments may overlap or overlap or vacuum This kind of multi department supervision of "daughter-in-law" and "mother-in-law" seems to perform their respective duties, but it directly leads to the lack of supervision on the industry chain of traditional Chinese medicine In recent years, relevant departments have introduced gap in the field of traditional Chinese medicine planting, which involves the standardized management of the whole process from the selection of planting resources and planting sites to the sowing, field management, procurement, primary processing of producing areas, packaging and transportation of traditional Chinese medicine, as well as warehousing Gap of traditional Chinese medicine, as a non mandatory industry standard to promote the standardized cultivation of traditional Chinese medicine and ensure the quality of traditional Chinese medicine, has been promoted for more than ten years since 2002 However, due to the particularity of the production of medicinal materials, academic disputes and high costs, gap has not obtained the compulsory certification like GMP According to statistics, there are only 75 enterprises that have passed the gap certification of traditional Chinese medicine.