The grade of precious medicinal herbs will be introduced soon

Due to strong market demand and scarcity of natural resources, the prices of valuable wild medicinal materials such as wild ginseng, Cordyceps sinensis, and Maple are all rising in recent years. Driven by economic interests, shoddy, fake, and price fraud are common occurrences. In order to combat market chaos, the first quality standard for the quality sector developed for the fine medicinal materials will soon be introduced. According to the rating standards, the Maple bucket was subdivided into 5 sizes and 11 grades. The personage inside course of study reveals, the highest and the lowest possible price difference of maple bucket is 10 times, there is no standard inquisitive phenomenon of mixed water is likely to appear shoddy.

"The production of expensive medicinal herbs is scarce. Under the hype of merchants, the purchase behavior of consumers is almost blind." Xu Jinbai, president of the Shanghai Traditional Chinese Medicine Industry Association pointed out that there are many varieties of Chinese herbal medicines in the market, and the classification methods are different. Even different merchants in the same market have different classification levels. Not the same, resulting in the quality of Chinese herbal medicines are mixed. “For example, with the price of Fengdou, the price ranges from 23,000 yuan to 120,000 yuan to 120,000 kilograms. To ensure that the public can buy genuine Chinese herbal medicines, the introduction of relevant standards will not be delayed.”

It is reported that the Chinese Medicine Industry Association will take the lead in setting industry-level standards for fine medicinal herbs. The first Fengdou quality industry grade standard is expected to be near the stage. By then, according to the quality of the Fengdou, it will be divided into 5 specifications and 11 grades.

The introduction of the standards for fine medicinal herbs is expected to bring more standards to the market, guide better sales of medicinal herbs, bring better choices to the public, and protect more citizens' rights and interests.