Long and safe way ahead of "taking medicine as food" is the premise

China cannot read what diseases one belt, one road can not contain toxic compounds and heavy metals Pesticide residues should not exceed the standard; it can not label any diseases; it can not mark Chinese medicine terms that foreigners do not understand, such as diuresis, analgesia, spasmodic, etc [Yang Qingping] Chinese herbal medicine is exported to Southeast Asia and some countries in Africa as "medicine", but exported to the European Union and the United States as "food" The exact name is "dietary supplement", which is equivalent to China's health products There is no "health care product" in the food and drug laws and regulations of Europe and America Most of Western medicines are chemical synthetic drugs, or single molecules, or several kinds of molecules Herbal medicines have many kinds of molecules, or hundreds of them, so they are not regarded as "medicines" Western medicine believes that the fewer the molecular types of drugs, the better But it also believes that the herbal medicine with a long history is the treasure house of modern western medicine The combination of these two understandings leads to a new concept of approving herbal extracts: 1 Extract effective ingredients from compound herbal medicine Because there are too many molecular types, the therapeutic effect of each molecule should be clarified It is more difficult to do so than to invent a new synthetic medicine Chinese patent medicines are all compound medicines, which can hardly be converted into Western medicines 2 Extract effective ingredients from a single part of a single herbal medicine Because there are few kinds of molecules, it is enough to know the therapeutic effect of the main molecules Western medicines extracted from herbal medicines all follow this path It will take several years, hundreds of millions of dollars and strong scientific and technological strength Only multinational pharmaceutical giants can do this Tamiflu, for example, is made from anise Traditional Chinese medicine is mostly a single part of a single plant, which can also be taken, but most Chinese medicine enterprises in China do not have the scientific and technological strength, so the outline for the modernization development of traditional Chinese medicine 2002-2010 only dare to propose "strive for 2-3 varieties of traditional Chinese medicine to enter the mainstream market of international medicine" Up to now, the traditional Chinese medicine which has become the "medicine" brand in Europe and America is still rare In Europe and the United States, many small and medium-sized herbal preparation enterprises do not produce "medicine" brand, but produce dietary supplements, most of which are single herbal extracts, and a few are compound herbal extracts The Western herbal medicine used has the same long history as the Chinese herbal medicine, which can prove its safety and effectiveness, so it only needs to meet the quality management standards to be sold Chinese patent medicines exported to Europe and the United States in China are in the company of these Western herbal extracts which are not "medicine" brands However, the market share of Chinese patent medicines is only a few percent, and the market scale is tens of billions of dollars Since Chinese patent medicine can't be "medicine", we should strive for the largest market share of herbal dietary supplements It's a long way to go It needs to be done all the time: it can't contain animals and plants; it can't contain toxic compounds and heavy metals; the pesticide residues can't exceed the standard; it can't mark the diseases to be treated; it can't mark the terms of traditional Chinese Medicine that foreigners can't understand, such as diuresis, analgesia, spasmolysis, etc.; it can't mark the quantitative functions such as "lowering cholesterol", it can only mark the qualitative functions such as "maintaining normal" Cholesterol levels " The management principle of European and American food and Drug Administration for herbal dietary supplements is: only safety, not efficacy This is suitable for Chinese patent medicine, because the curative effect of Chinese patent medicine is not as good as western medicine, such as cholesterol lowering, which Chinese patent medicine is not as good as statins But if the Chinese patent medicine wants to occupy a larger share and improve the curative effect, consumers will choose it Original title: "one belt, one road", "medicine for food" road is endless.