Latest Regulations and User Guide for Edible, Medicinal, and Health-Care Chinese Medicines

Author: Dong Shuyan, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2003-04-01
Features: This book introduces 87 items listed in the "Notice of the Ministry of Health on Further Standardizing the Management of Raw Materials for Health Foods" that are both food and medicine, 114 items that can be used in health foods, and 59 items prohibited for use in health foods. It provides detailed explanations on the origin, production area, original animals, plants, or minerals, harvesting and processing, medicinal properties, commercial specifications, selection and identification, storage and preservation, components, functions, dosage, precautions, and dietary therapy formulas for each traditional Chinese medicine. For prohibited items in health foods, it also introduces toxicity and first-aid measures for poisoning. It can serve as a new and rich reference material for enthusiasts of health Chinese medicine and health foods, developers and manufacturers of health foods, sellers of health foods, practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine, students and teachers in higher and secondary education, and the general public concerned about health.