State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Strengthening environmental monitoring of Chinese medicinal materials planting

Wang Lian, a spokesman for the State Administration of traditional Chinese medicine, said in Beijing Wednesday that it is necessary to understand the problem scientifically and fairly and further strengthen the detection of the planting environment of traditional Chinese medicine In June, Greenpeace released a report saying that pesticide residues were detected in some Chinese herbal medicines, including Tongrentang and Yunnan Baiyao The UK recently issued a warning that some Chinese patent medicines contain heavy metals, after similar reports in Hong Kong and Sweden "This incident first involves the issue of standards There are production standards at home and abroad." Wang Lian said that in recent years, China's efforts in drug supervision have been continuously strengthened, and the quality of drugs has been continuously improved All Chinese herbal medicines, Chinese herbal pieces and Chinese patent medicines that have been strictly approved and listed by the state drug regulatory agency are in line with the corresponding laws and regulations Wang Lian pointed out that traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) are the accumulated experience of the Chinese nation in the long-term struggle against disease for thousands of years, and are the medical sciences with Chinese characteristics condensed under the guidance of Chinese holistic and philosophical views Under the guidance of long-term application and theory of traditional Chinese medicine, the famous experts of traditional Chinese medicine have been summing up and refining their experience The traditional Chinese Medicine Guided by the theory of traditional Chinese medicine is safe, effective and has made important contributions to the development of world medicine Wang Lian stressed that with the development of modern science and technology, including the change of living environment, disease spectrum, health concept, and the application of high technology in the research and development of traditional Chinese medicine and production field, our understanding of traditional Chinese medicine is constantly deepening With the deepening of research, there will be more achievements to contribute to human health.