The rapid rise of raw materials hinders the popularization and application of traditional Chinese Medicine

Introduction: since 2011, Chinese herbal medicine has entered a new round of price "peak" In recent years, the price of traditional Chinese medicine has been rising In recent years, the price of traditional Chinese medicine has been rising Especially in the past few years, the behavior of "frying price" has made the price of traditional Chinese medicine, such as "you play with beans" and "you are cruel with garlic", soaring It has always been at a high level and difficult to decline According to the "monitoring report on the main market prices of raw materials of traditional Chinese medicine in February 2014" just released by China Herbal Medicine tiandi.com, compared with the same period of last year, there are 388 price increase products in this month, accounting for 30% of the total price increase in this period Among the many medicinal materials with the price increase speed, especially the traditional Chinese medicinal materials such as fenugreek, chuanmuxiang, Jiangxiang, etc., all rose by more than 200% The rising price of traditional Chinese medicine makes many traditional Chinese medicine enterprises which use traditional Chinese medicine as raw materials have a hard time Yunnan Baiyao, Jiuzhitang, Zhendong pharmaceutical, wohua pharmaceutical, Zixin pharmaceutical, Jiaying pharmaceutical, Duyiwei and other traditional Chinese medicine enterprises all wrote the price rise of raw materials in the company's risk prompt in the published financial statements However, what is more worrying is that behind the rise of raw materials of traditional Chinese medicine, it directly leads to the increase of medical expenses for the people "It used to cost 2-3 yuan to treat a cold and cough, but now it costs 20-30 yuan, even 50 yuan, and hundreds, even 2300 yuan to treat a serious illness." Wu Yiling said that the rising price of traditional Chinese medicine will undoubtedly make even worse the current tense doctor-patient relationship Nowadays, due to the rising price of raw materials of traditional Chinese medicine, many advantages of traditional Chinese medicine, such as simplicity, convenience, efficiency and low cost, have disappeared, which is not conducive to the promotion and application of traditional Chinese medicine at the grass-roots level At the same time, the interest temptation brought by the high price of traditional Chinese medicine makes the resources of traditional Chinese medicine excessively cut, and some varieties of traditional Chinese medicine have no medicine available For this reason, Wu Yiling suggested that the national agricultural department and the administration of traditional Chinese medicine should conduct a unified investigation on the varieties that are scarce in resources and can be cultivated artificially, and provide financial, technical and policy support for the breeding and breeding of these varieties Establish the information system of traditional Chinese medicine, master the supply-demand relationship of traditional Chinese medicine, especially the cultivable varieties, and actively guide the farmers to cultivate varieties and quantities Further organize industry experts to make a list of the varieties that affect the national environment and ecology, and search for alternative varieties, and make clear in the Pharmacopoeia.