Health Times reporter Tan Qixin
The news of the re-price increase of Angong Beef Yellow Pills has spread in the industry.
Health Times reporter confirmed from the relevant person in charge of Guangyu Yuanguo Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. that the price of Angong Niuhuang Pills produced by the company will be raised in April, and the price adjustment of Angong Niuhuang Pills (double natural iron box 3g pills×1 pill / box ×6 boxes) 5880 yuan / box, Angong Niuhuang Pills (double natural wooden box 3g pills× 1 pill / box ×6 boxes) 10080 yuan / box, the reason for the price increase is because of the rise in raw material costs.
This is the second time this year that the price of the widely acclaimed Yuanshuang Natural Angong Beef Yellow Pill has been raised. On January 15 this year, Guangyuyuan has made a price increase for Angong Niuhuang Pill, and its notice said that according to the price of raw materials and product process characteristics, after comprehensive evaluation, it was decided that the retail price of Angong Niuhuang Pill (double natural) (3g / pill) was set at 880 yuan / pill.
Staff making pills, Xinhua News Agency reporter Meng Jing/photo.
Not only is it widely known, the reporter combed and found that in the past 10 years, different brands of Angong Niuhuang Pills have also experienced many price increases, and the price has risen from 350 yuan / (3 grams * pills / box) in 2012 to about 860 yuan / (3 grams * pills / box), and the reasons for the price increase are "rising raw material costs".
According to public information, the main ingredients of Angong Beef Yellow Pills are natural beef yolk, musk, tulips, rhino horn concentrate powder, ice chips and so on. Health Times reporter reporter inquired about the Chinese herbal medicine tiandi network found that natural bovine yolk is a precious Traditional Chinese medicine, the particularity of the output of goods leads to the market supply is not large, the price continues to rise, has risen from 400,000-450,000 yuan per kilogram in September 2019 to about 520,000 / kg this year; the price of natural musk, tulip and other raw materials have also shown different increases.
According to data from the Intranet, the terminal sales of Angong Niuhuang Pill in China's urban retail pharmacies have exceeded 1 billion yuan in 2017, and have maintained a growth rate of more than 20% in recent years, and the sales in 2019 are more than 2.4 billion yuan.
"Clinically, there have been many patients who ask whether to eat Angong Niuhuang Pills to maintain their bodies, and my answer is that Angong Niuhuang Pills are indeed good medicine, but they should not be taken at will and taken for a long time." Wang Chengxiang, president of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, told The Health Times that as one of the three treasures of traditional Chinese medicine for the treatment of fever, Angong Niuhuang Pill is mainly used for coma emergency treatment caused by acute stage sputum fever and high fever in traditional Chinese medicine fever (such as ischemic stroke acute stage sputum fever certificate and high fever).
Wang Chengxiang reminded that it is particularly important to note that Angong Niuhuang Pills are prescription drugs, which must be used by a doctor's prescription, from its main components, cinnabar, male yellow for mercury, arsenic compounds, long-term use will cause accumulation of poisoning, because of this, Angong Niuhuang Pills can not only not be taken as health care products, but also can not be used as a medicine to prevent cardiovascular disease for a long time.
