The quality of traditional Chinese medicine is worrying, only 2.7% of them have clear processing standards

Zhang Qi, deputy of Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress and President of Changzhou Hospital of traditional Chinese medicine, raised reporters' attention on the proposal of "accelerating the construction of quality integrity system of Chinese Herbal Pieces" at the group discussion of the fifth session of the 11th Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress on October 10 According to the proposal, only 2.7% of all Chinese herbal medicines are processed according to the national standards, and the quality of Chinese herbal pieces is worrying due to the multi-level standards Chinese herbal pieces are Chinese herbal medicines which can be directly used in the clinical practice of traditional Chinese medicine Its relatively high security, effectiveness and relatively low price are favored by many people However, according to the drug quality announcement of the State Food and drug administration, the unqualified rate of Chinese herbal pieces has always been higher than that of Western medicine and Chinese patent medicine 48% of the cases found in the drug inspection involved pieces of traditional Chinese medicine Experts in China have made an analysis The proportion of unqualified Chinese Herbal Pieces related to the factors of origin is 31.57%, the proportion of harvest season is 19.74%, the proportion of adulteration and counterfeiting is 26.33%, the proportion of processing reasons is 13.15%, and the proportion of storage and maintenance is 9.21% According to Zhang Qi, for a long time, the three-level standards of the Chinese Pharmacopoeia, the national standards for the processing of Chinese herbal pieces, and the standards for the processing of Chinese Herbal Pieces in various provinces and cities are not completely unified, lacking binding force and authority There are many processing methods for the same medicinal materials, which are not clearly defined in production, management, use and inspection, and are not highly operational For example, the processing technology of Sophora charcoal has different regulations on the fire; Beijing, Jiangxi and other places have regulations on the fire until it is scorched brown, and the nature of storage; Hunan, Hubei and other places have no regulations on the fire; Anhui has regulations on the fire This obviously brings some difficulties to the implementation of the standard Zhang Qi said that traditional Chinese medicine is a national treasure of China The pieces of traditional Chinese medicine that have been handed down for thousands of years play an important role in disease prevention and treatment, pharmaceutical care and other aspects In addition, the price is low, so more promotion and utilization should be made She suggested that we should speed up the construction of an effective honesty and credit system for Chinese Herbal Pieces: the varieties of Chinese herbal pieces should be strictly declared and included in the credit rating evaluation and management.