Excessive fumigation of Chinese herbal medicines in Ji'nan is harmful to liver and kidney function.
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video source: Shandong radio and television public channel today reports
Qilu June 1st, according to the report of the public frequency of Shandong radio and television station, "today report" The South City Drug Supervision Bureau recently issued a warning that there are a few bad drugmakers on the market to overuse Chinese medicine to remind the public to improve their discriminability and to be vigilant about the Chinese medicinal herbs fumigated with sulphur.
.Quot; beating sulphur.Quot; traditional Chinese medicine preservation method, that is, fumigation or soaking of Chinese herbal medicine with sulphur, so as to prevent insects from storing easily. In strict accordance with the traditional ancient law, the amount of sulfur in traditional Chinese medicine is very small. In the short term, a small amount of food will not cause harm to the human body, but it is safe and risky to take excessive Chinese medicine.
Zhang Qiuhong, deputy director of Ji'nan food and Drug Inspection Institute, introduced in the process of fumigation, sulfur dioxide is acid, acid substance for nasal mucosa, oral mucosa is very strong irritation, and we eat after, there are reports of liver and kidney function of the same degree of damage.
the Ji'nan Municipal Bureau of Pharmaceutical Supervision said that excessive brimming is not just to process storage, but to increase the weight of Chinese medicine, for example, after fumigating Codonopsis with sulfur, its water content can be as high as 20% to 30%, and it is not mouldy, without sulfur fumigation, the water is more than 15% and easily rotten and deteriorate. In addition, the appearance of sulphur fumigated medicinal herbs will also change significantly. Many people who are selling Chinese herbal medicines are shoddy with this method.
experts remind that the identification of Chinese medicinal materials is the first to look at the color. The Chinese herbal medicine or the herbal medicine after sulfur fumigation is too bright, such as Gastrodia elata, the standard is yellow white or light brown, the lily is yellow, light brown, or microstrip purple, if the white water is transparent, it is the result of sulfur transition fumigation. .
Zhang Qiuhong, deputy director of the Ji'nan food and Drug Inspection Institute, said to the Chinese medicine of the Chinese medicine, there is a scent, for too much to be too sulfonylated, a process of seeing and kneading. If the smell is not normal, try it again, break it off, and see if there is any kind of sour taste that is doubtful, excessive sulfur fumigating, and its acidity is strong. There is also a.Quot; pinch.Quot; word for a relatively heavy, relatively large, pinch, because sulfur fumigation, water content is often relatively high.