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Strengthen the monitoring of the planting environment for traditional Chinese medicinal materials

2026-03-02

In response to the recent incident that traditional Chinese patent medicines and simple preparations was found to contain heavy metals and pesticide residues, Wang Lian, a spokesman of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said in Beijing on the 27th that it is necessary to understand this problem scientifically and fairly, and further strengthen the detection of the planting environment of Chinese herbal medicines.

In response to the recent incident that traditional Chinese patent medicines and simple preparations was found to contain heavy metals and pesticide residues, Wang Lian, a spokesman of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said in Beijing on the 27th that it is necessary to understand this problem scientifically and fairly, and further strengthen the detection of the planting environment of Chinese herbal medicines.

In June of this year, Greenpeace released a report stating that pesticide residues were detected in some Chinese medicinal herbs, including Tongrentang and Yunnan Baiyao. The UK also recently issued a warning that some traditional Chinese patent medicines and simple preparations contain heavy metals, while Hong Kong and Sweden have also issued similar reports before.

"This incident first involves the issue of standards, and both at home and abroad have their own production standards." Wang Lian said that in recent years, China's drug supervision has been constantly strengthened, and the quality of drugs has been constantly improved. All Chinese herbal materials, Chinese herbal decoction pieces, traditional Chinese patent medicines and simple preparations, etc. that have been strictly approved by the national drug regulatory authority for listing are in line with the corresponding laws and regulations.

Wang Lian pointed out that traditional Chinese medicine and herbal medicine are the accumulated experience of the Chinese nation in the long-term struggle against diseases for thousands of years, and are medical sciences with Chinese characteristics condensed under the guidance of the Chinese holistic and philosophical views. Under the guidance of long-term application and traditional Chinese medicine theory, renowned Chinese medicine experts throughout history have continuously summarized and refined their experiences. Our use of traditional Chinese medicine guided by traditional Chinese medicine theory is safe, effective, and has made important contributions to the development of world medicine.

Wang Lian emphasized that with the development of contemporary technology, including changes in living environment, disease spectrum, health concepts, and the application of high technology in the research and production of traditional Chinese medicine, our understanding of traditional Chinese medicine is constantly deepening. With the continuous deepening of research, more achievements will contribute to human health.

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