Mercury exceeds the standard by 1000 times! Excessive consumption of fake Chinese medicine may harm the nerves.

People in Taiwan Province Province love to take medicine, and when they get sick, they buy medicine. Even if it doesn't hurt, you will eat Chinese herbal medicines that tonify the kidney and nourish the liver. However, the Consumer Culture and Education Foundation found that 12.3% of Chinese herbal medicine samples entrusted by consumers contained western medicine, and 1.6% contained more than 500 ppm of heavy metal mercury, which exceeded the standard by thousands of times. Long-term abuse may be harmful to health.

There are many channels for people to buy Chinese herbal medicines, but the Consumer Foundation found that there were still illegal cases in which Chinese herbal medicines entrusted by consumers contained western medicine ingredients and heavy metals last year. 12.3% Chinese medicine contains western medicine components, so pay attention to prevent drug interaction.

Every year, the Consumer Foundation accepts applications from consumers for testing "Chinese medicine contains western medicine and heavy metals". Last year, 204 samples of traditional Chinese medicine containing western medicine were applied for testing, including 25 samples containing western medicine, accounting for 12.3%.

Almost all of these fake Chinese medicines purchased by the people or donated by relatives and friends claim that they can cure traumatic injuries, relieve pain, dispel wind and dampness, treat uric acid gout, or tonify the kidney. The detected western medicine components include diuretics (hydrochlorothiazide), anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs (piroxicam), vitamins (vitamin B 1, thiamine diisocyanate) and domestic early drugs.

Xiaoji will test the traditional Chinese medicines sent by the people, and it is found that 12.3% of the samples contain western medicine ingredients, which may be harmful to the health after long-term consumption. (Photo/Luo Huiwen) The mixed use of traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine can accelerate the drug effect, but it may also cause drug interaction. Uninformed consumers may take it for a long time, which may cause burden or harm to the body. It has long been expressly stipulated in our country that western medicine cannot be mixed with traditional Chinese medicine. Whoever manufactures, sells or donates counterfeit drugs with suppliers, whether it is a qualified Chinese medicine clinic, Chinese medicine shop, Chinese Wushu Museum, Cao Qing pharmacy or relatives and friends, will be punished according to the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law and the Physician Law respectively.