Suggestions to strengthen quality management of herbal decoction pieces--based on production chain of herbal decoction pieces.
- Author:
Yan LIU
;
Qing NIE
;
Jing CHEN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Chemistry, Pharmaceutical;
economics;
manpower;
standards;
Drug Packaging;
economics;
manpower;
standards;
Drug Storage;
economics;
standards;
Drugs, Chinese Herbal;
chemistry;
standards;
Humans;
Medicine, Chinese Traditional;
economics;
standards;
Quality Control
- From:
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica
2015;40(16):3319-3322
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
With the development of society and the improvement of people's living standards, the effect of Chinese medicine in treatment and health care is more and more prominent. The herbal decoction pieces are the important part of Chinese medicine,it can be applied directly to clinical treatment and it's also the raw material of Chinese patent medicine. Therefore, the quality of herbal decoction pieces is quite important. The parts of the production of herbal decoction pieces are numerous, and there are possibilities of adverse effects on the quality of the herbal decoction pieces in every part. In this paper, we based on the production chain of herbal decoction pieces, analyzed the main problem that affect the quality of herbal decoction pieces in the part of selection of Chinese herbal medicines, planting, purchasing, processing, packaging, storage and transport, such as the poor quality of seed and seedlings of plant-based Chinese medicines, some plants left their place of origin and have been introduced in the place that is not suitable for this kind of plant, the insufficient growth time and the excessive harmful substances. The purchasers and the accepters lack of professional knowledge and professional ethics. The mechanism of processing is not clear, the standards can not be uniformed, and lack of qualified person in processing, etc. So we suggest: intensify the basic research of key scientific issues. Improve the quality of persons who work in herbal decoction pieces; Establish an "integration" mode of operation in herbal decoction pieces enterprise; Breeding high quality plant resources, establish the large-scale planting basement; Make the packing of herbal decoction pieces standard; Establish the modernization traditional Chinese medicine logistics enterprise.
