Editorial: traditional Chinese medicine "non-toxic side effects," since the innocent

Source: chengdu commercial daily

        Tong ren tang one hundred trouble recently. Following the "tong ren tang health five tonic capsule" by detection of mercury (hg) content exceeds bid, by the Hong Kong department of health announced a recall, is dispersed by explosive bezoar daughter's two other product and pediatric treasure bolus of cinnabar component content is 17.3% and 0.72%, respectively, the former supranational standard, the latter is far in excess of the Hong Kong standards. In fact, falling in heavy metal exceeds bid more than a tong ren tang. The personage inside course of study says, the old Chinese medicine brand crisis frequent quality production safety was a wake-up call for traditional Chinese medicine, especially in the problem of heavy metal exceeds bid is most worrying.

        Drugs have side effects cannot be completely avoided, the key is in the healing and harm trade-off between what does light or heavy. TCM flaw is that lack of ingredient of toxicology, dose index more depends on experience; Not only that, but the side effects of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) even aware for enterprise, but has always been to patient confidentiality. A common saying: folk Chinese medicine has no side effects. Drug companies are often also spare no effort to promote this. Puts academician zhong nanshan, however, many Chinese have strong side effects on liver and kidney.

        It's proved that the so-called "Chinese medicine non-toxic side effects" is a misleading. Tongrentang mercury tainted by no more than once again verify the common sense. However, this common sense does not reflect on the leaflet. Western medicine instruction and instruction of Chinese medicine is one of the biggest different, is the former Jane and Jane, that he could watch. While western medicine specifications are scary, especially for imported drugs, often is in front of the most horrible "warning". The sense that gives a person is, let a person see traditional Chinese medicine instruction very at ease, let a person see western medicine instruction very concern.

        In accordance with relevant provisions of the pharmaceutical administration law, drug packaging must be labeled and include directions for use, label or directions must indicate the generic name of the medicine, composition, specification, manufacturer, approval number, product batch number, production date, expiration date, indications or functions, indication, usage, dosage, contraindications, adverse reactions and precautions. Now, proprietary Chinese medicine, there are instructions, and there are contraindications, adverse reactions and precautions, but behind these projects one of the most common is four words "it is not clear. Puzzling, adverse reactions, taboo, and note all ambiguous drug, why can appear on the market?

        The side effects of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) are not instruction manual not write no, patient's right to health and the right to know must be protected. Otherwise, after events such as tongrentang mercury levels out, so-called "non-toxic side effect" of traditional Chinese medicine can not since the innocence. According to statistics, every year due to "eat wrong medicine" in our country and more than 200000 people died. Among them, eating the wrong medicine people have died? The situation is not clear, how can you make people believe that traditional Chinese medicine without any side effects?

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