Singapore introduces new standards to raise the level of development of Chinese medicine

Singapore Manufacturers' Association Standards Development Agency and standards bureau recently jointly launched two new standards for The Name of Chinese Medicine and Prescriptions, as well as prescription labelling, to enhance the standard and professional standards of traditional Chinese medicine treatment services in Hong Kong.
According to Singapore's "Joint Morning Post" reported that in Singapore, the choice of traditional Chinese medicine treatment, in the future may be easier to understand the name of Chinese medicine and prescription packaging, but also to follow a more concise and clear instructions to take medicine.
Singapore has officially launched two traditional Chinese medicine service standards, with special emphasis on Chinese medicine and prescription names, as well as prescription labels. This is the first time that such Chinese medicine standards have been introduced in Singapore, and it is up to Chinese doctors to decide whether to adopt them.
according to the new standards, in the future, Chinese medicine practitioners should provide commonly used medicines and standard prescriptions with prescription names printed only with Chinese Simplified and Chinese Pinyin.
, Singapore's commonly used Chinese herbal medicines, such as Lian, Gold and Silver Flower and Huang Lian, have different names or writings in different languages. Some Chinese medicine in Latin to indicate the name of the drug, some use Chinese Traditional, the new standard for more than 320 kinds of local commonly used Chinese medicine, as well as 190 standard prescriptions, developed a comparison of the application of Chinese and Chinese Pinyin name. (China Pharmaceutical Equipment Network)