Traditional Chinese medicine also has expiration

China's traditional Chinese medicine reported

        The quality guarantee period of the traditional Chinese medicine with quality of a material, store and other factors, the quality guarantee period of the traditional Chinese medicine also different.

        Many Chinese medicine as long as storage is proper, can be maintained efficacy, but quite a long shelf life. Such as dried tangerine or orange peel, be put, the longer it cure the better. But some Chinese medicine store for a long time, although look not happened mildew or eat by moth, curative effect is decreased, not a cure effects, such as Chinese wolfberry, GuiYuanRou, etc. Mint, purple Perilla volatile organic compounds with the Chinese traditional medicine, if stored long aroma send out influence quality, also can reduce the curative effect of traditional Chinese medicine. Some Chinese medicine be bug eat by moth, as long as no mildewy, still can use, but the effect can be decreased.

        Traditional Chinese medicine if not sure if I can continue to use, can look for professional distinguish. Generally speaking, herb shelf life not more than two years, no more than 4 years woody plants, minerals not more than 10 years. Traditional Chinese medicine is a guarantee period, and the date and expiration period are printed in the box. If the drug after expiration, don't take, lest produce drug poisoning.

        A few of the period of validity of the traditional Chinese medicine are:

        Herb medicine herbal drugs once made a yinpian, efficacy can follow the passage of time and decline, the guarantee period should not be more than two years. Such as ginseng for more than one year, effective component lost 20% ~ 30%; Chinese rhubarb stored above 5 years, which is the composition of the medicinal value anthraquinone compounds will all failure. In addition, as stone dendrobium, radix ophiopogonis herbs, etc, in order to improve the efficacy and even grass with medicine.

        Woody medicine woody the quality guarantee period of the drug can be as long as four years, but the study found that some of the medicinal material storage time long, although no metamorphic phenomenon appearance, but the effect is reduced. For example, angelica, wolfberry fruit contains a lot of fat oil, sticky sugar composition, of a long time, extremely easy "go oil"; Mint, pogostemon patchouli, basil and volatile organic compounds containing the medicinal herbs, stored for a long time to send out the aroma after affecting quality, so as to reduce the curative effect.

        Mineral medicine although keel, spirit magnet, XiaoShi minerals such as medicine formula of relatively stable, but will still be long-term storage of efficacy effect, general storage life should not be more than 10 years.

        Contains western medicine ingredients of traditional Chinese medicine, western medicine according to the expiration period should carry out, usually should not be more than three years. (san-jiu)