The whole industrial chain of traditional Chinese medicine should be eliminated

Source: minenet on October 21, 2013, the State Food and drug administration, the Ministry of industry and information technology, the Ministry of agriculture and other eight departments jointly issued a notice to further strengthen the management of traditional Chinese medicine Industry insiders pointed out that many problems in the domestic market of several large and medium-sized medicinal materials are caused by historical development, but in recent years, the problems are more common, seriously affecting the quality of pieces of Decoction and the quality of finished medicine; to grasp Chinese medicinal materials, we should strictly supervise all links of the industrial chain Ni Qing, director of Endocrinology Department of Guang'anmen Hospital, Chinese Academy of traditional Chinese medicine, told Beijing Business Daily that at present, the rate of counterfeiting of traditional Chinese medicine on the market is as high as 30% "Hospitals are directly responsible for the health and life safety of the public First of all, they should ensure the quality of medicinal materials." The State Administration of food and Drug Administration inspected 397 batches of Chinese herbal pieces, and confirmed that 22 batches had dyeing problems Part of the dyed traditional Chinese medicine not only flows to pharmacies, but also to Dongguan Hospital of traditional Chinese medicine, Shenzhen Hospital of traditional Chinese medicine and other municipal medical institutions Li Guoqing, head of the drug and cosmetics Supervision Department of the State Food and drug administration, said frankly that the medical institutions found were not only victims, but also at least accomplices of the criminals Chen Hongyan, a senior person who has worked in the pharmaceutical retail industry for many years, told the Beijing Business Daily that those who purchase Chinese herbal medicines are not ordinary patients or customers, but professionals in the pharmaceutical industry In addition to some sophisticated and difficult to distinguish and test fake Chinese herbal medicines, most of them are commercial bribes Huang Luqi, deputy director of the science and Technology Department of the State Administration of traditional Chinese medicine, said that he would pay attention to the progress of the incident and actively cooperate with relevant departments to do relevant work When it comes to how consumers can scientifically judge whether traditional Chinese medicine is dyed or not, Huang Luqi introduced that the simple method is to open blisters If it is artificially dyed, the pigment will come out immediately, or rub it, or smell it There is a set of methods in the identification of traditional Chinese Medicine The science and Technology Department of the State Administration of traditional Chinese medicine has specially listed a project in this regard, which can simply identify 22 different staining methods, and can be popularized and applied Chen Hongyan revealed that in fact, there are specific testing tools and means in every link of the purchase of traditional Chinese medicine The main problem is that the implementation is not strict According to Chen Hongyan, there are hidden rules in every link of insufficient supervision From drug farmers, drug dealers, Yinpian factories or patent medicine factories to hospitals or pharmacies, every link wants to purchase at a low price to maximize gross profit Each link has specific detection tools and means, mainly poor implementation At last, we go to the purchase link of hospitals and pharmacies, only to see the paper copy materials such as approval qualification Therefore, it is very important to supervise every link of pharmaceutical farmers, drug dealers, Yinpian factories or patent medicine factories Now it is not enough supervision and punishment It is not only drug farmers but also drug dealers in drug distribution centers who adulterate traditional Chinese medicine Only spot check will be done when the Decoction Pieces Factory or the patent medicine factory purchases As long as the price is low, problems such as dyeing and weight gain will not be seen "The problem of traditional Chinese medicine has been a hidden rule in the industry for many years, only later than the exposure of food I have worked in the pharmaceutical retail industry for many years, and I know the seriousness of the problem of traditional Chinese medicine, so I try to use the original foreign medicines when I need them " Chen Hongyan says helplessly For the cultivation of traditional Chinese medicine, there are gap (planting standard of traditional Chinese Medicine) and GMP (distribution standard of drugs) in the circulation of traditional Chinese medicine "However, we don't check at ordinary times Every five years, when the certificate is changed, the manufacturer or business unit makes a surprise self-examination for future reference, just like the current general assembly war of the enemy We should keep pace with the rules and regulations After the inspection, the certificate is changed, we will remain the same." According to Chen Hongyan The long-term management of the whole industrial chain needs to be adjusted Ni Qing introduces that the Chinese herbal pieces of Guang'anmen Hospital are specially distributed by the Chinese herbal medicine company designated by the state, and they are strictly controlled in the purchase channel Now it is specially recommended that small packaged pieces have accurate grams, clear production batch number, manufacturer and production date, etc the medicinal materials can be traced In addition, in order to ensure the safety of clinical use of traditional Chinese medicine, there are also full-time veterans in the hospital's traditional Chinese medicine room to inspect traditional Chinese medicine Usually, they will go to the market to identify various grades of traditional Chinese medicine and varieties, so as to ensure the quality of traditional Chinese medicine in the hospital The clinical pharmaceutical group of traditional Chinese medicine in the hospital also regularly checks the use of traditional Chinese medicine to see if it meets the requirements of the national pharmacopoeia "At present, Guang'anmen Hospital is trying to add a full-time pharmacist to the clinicians of each department, considering human resources, cost control and other issues, which has not been widely promoted." He called on the national policy to pay attention to clinical pharmacy, and to join pharmacists of traditional Chinese medicine in clinical departments, especially in key departments, so as to ensure the safety of clinical use of traditional Chinese medicine more effectively Wei Shaofeng, Deputy Secretary General of China Pharmaceutical Materials Association, said that strengthening the terminal management of hospitals and pharmacies can only partially solve the problem of traditional Chinese medicine He approved the strict supervision of traditional Chinese medicine from planting to circulation, but now the multi management of traditional Chinese medicine is still unchanged, and the effectiveness of the "whole industry chain management" proposed by seven ministries and commissions remains to be tested Wei Shaofeng expressed his opinion on the decision of the State Administration of food and drug administration that "in addition to the existing 17 specialized markets of traditional Chinese medicine, no new specialized markets of traditional Chinese medicine will be allowed to be opened everywhere in the future." the increase or decrease of specialized markets of traditional Chinese medicine has no direct causal relationship with the chaos of the market of traditional Chinese medicine, and the suspension of approval is another manifestation of government intervention in the free market " In fact, at present, in addition to the professional market of traditional Chinese medicine approved by 17 countries, there are also many markets of traditional Chinese medicine To link the supervision of the market of traditional Chinese medicine with the responsibility of the local government, only short-term measures can be explained, which is difficult to last In order to solve the problems of dyeing, weight gain, adulteration and sulfur fumigation, in addition to increasing the intensity and frequency of inspection and heavier punishment, Wei Shaofeng proposed to implement the non compulsory certification system of Chinese herbal medicine trading qualification.