Loquat paste is too sweet, causing diabetic women’s blood sugar to spike

Loquat ointment can be said to be one of the most popular traditional Chinese medicine preparations in the Chinese area. However, it contains high sugar content. Regular consumption may not be good for diabetic patients to control blood sugar! To this end, the Chinese Medicine Committee of the Department of Health stated that starting from April, businesses will be required to add warnings on outer packaging that should not be used by people with diabetes. Investigations by the Department of Health found that in order to facilitate storage or increase taste, many commercially available loquat ointments, cold syrups and other traditional Chinese medicine preparations contain high sugar content. Almost most of them contain more than 50% sugar. Some of these products are only 300cc per bottle, but among them 210cc is all sugar. Huang Linhuang, chairman of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Committee, pointed out that he often received complaints from the public. An old mother with diabetes couldn’t stop coughing. She drank commercially available loquat ointment. Unexpectedly, not only did she not stop coughing, but her blood sugar also spiked abnormally. She felt unwell and had to go to the hospital for examination. It was found that loquat paste with high sugar content was the culprit. Huang Linhuang said that many loquat pastes contain a large amount of sucrose, maltose or honey. Investigations have found that the sugar content of this type of traditional Chinese medicine preparations is relatively high, with the lowest being 10% and the highest being 70%, which is almost the same as sugar water. The general public will easily gain weight after drinking it. , if diabetics drink too much, it will affect blood sugar control. In order to remind diabetic patients to pay attention, Huang Linhuang pointed out that an official announcement will be made soon, requiring operators holding such drug licenses to print on the product packaging and instruction manual: "This product contains high sugar content. Diabetic patients should be careful before taking it." Please ask your doctor or pharmacist for precautions to ensure the safety of people taking medicine. The scope of this announcement is quite wide, including 104 ointments such as loquat ointment, moisturizing ointment, Guiluerxian ointment, and cough ointment, as well as 2 cold syrup preparations. Huang Linhuang said that if operators violate the regulations in the future, the Department of Health will not extend the drug license and stop selling the products. Huang Linhuang emphasized that if you are sick, you should see a qualified doctor and take traditional Chinese medicine manufactured by legal pharmaceutical factories. Never buy medicines from non-medical places or from unknown sources. If you travel overseas, you should not buy medicines from unknown sources.

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