The emergence of Chinese patent medicine has changed the perception of traditional Chinese medicine by many Chinese people.
No, Uncle Wang was taken aback when he went to the hospital to regulate his spleen and stomach today.
While waiting for the payment, Uncle Wang glanced at the list of expenses in boredom and found that the doctor had prescribed him several Chinese patent medicines.
thought that he was going home with a bunch of herbs, but Uncle Wang even made up a scene of being noticed by others.
Unexpectedly, it was processed, and it didn't need to be boiled at all, and it could be taken orally.
This made Uncle Wang have to sigh that Chinese medicine has changed a lot now.
Two months later, Uncle Wang continued to go to the hospital for follow-up, but when he picked up the medicine, he found that the Chinese medicine pharmacy was crowded.
I don't know if I don't know, I was shocked when I asked, it turned out that many hospitals have recently removed Chinese patent medicines from the shelves in large quantities one after another.
The exact reason for this is not clear for a while.
Uncle Wang wondered: Why did some hospitals remove a large number of Chinese patent medicines from the shelves one after another? I just realized that Chinese patent medicines are good, why did this good medicine suddenly be removed from the shelves?
1. What is a proprietary Chinese medicine?
Chinese patent medicine is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine products made with Chinese herbal medicines as the main raw materials, with the blessing of the combination of ancient and modern prescriptions, and made according to the proportion.
It is based on the theoretical guidance of traditional Chinese medicine, with the assistance of modern medicine, and has its specific prescription and production process.
In fact, proprietary Chinese medicine is an improved dosage form of traditional Chinese medicine.
After manual intervention through advanced technology, different Chinese medicine ingredients can be formulated into a new dosage form in a certain proportion.
In this way, the medicinal effect of each ingredient can be brought into full play to the extreme, and their mission can be perfectly accomplished.
As the last step of the intake, proprietary Chinese medicine is divided into various dosage forms according to its different needs of consumption.
Common dosage forms include injection dosage form, oral solution, oral suspension, oral capsule, oral tablet, oral pill, oral powder, oral liquor, oral syrup, etc.
Proprietary Chinese medicine is a commercial Chinese medicine preparation that can only be produced after approval by the state.
Before it is manufactured, it must have a compliant drug name, a clear dosage, a fixed specification, a specific quality inspection standard, and a definite applicable population and scope, contraindications and precautions.
The nomenclature of proprietary Chinese medicines also has obvious diversification characteristics.
They can be named by the source, composition, efficacy, composition and efficacy, medicinal properties, indications, main ingredients of the proprietary Chinese medicine.
It can also be named according to the method of making, how to take it, how to take it, etc.
The most common feature of proprietary Chinese medicine is that it is easy to carry and take.
After processing Chinese medicine into pills, tablets or oral liquids, it is quite convenient to carry or take.
Especially some bitter Chinese medicines, if you eat them directly in your mouth, it is really easy to make people sick to your stomach.
Good for long-term use.
Proprietary Chinese medicine is processed through a special process, so that the dosage of traditional Chinese medicine is much less than that of traditional Chinese medicine, and the medicinal properties have become more peaceful.
It is beneficial for patients to take it for a long time, and there is no need to worry about the rejection that the body may produce after taking too much medicine.
The efficacy is more targeted.
Generally, the prescription of Chinese patent medicine is fixed, which makes it extremely targeted.
In the treatment of fixed disease symptoms, patients only need to take the corresponding Chinese patent medicine under the guidance of a doctor to play a certain therapeutic role.
2. How to use proprietary Chinese medicine?
Individualized treatment is the core of proprietary Chinese medicine.
Compared with traditional Chinese medicine and the increasingly popular Western medicine, Chinese patent medicine has stable efficacy, relatively few toxic and side effects, and is cost-effective.
In addition, it is very convenient to carry and take, especially suitable for patients who do not like to drink traditional Chinese medicine and are worried about the side effects of Western medicine.
Proprietary Chinese medicine is usually based on the actual situation of the patient, and different medication methods are selected.
Some will use 2 or more kinds of proprietary Chinese medicines with similar efficacy, some will mix proprietary Chinese medicines with different efficacy, and some will choose partial side effects that can inhibit or even eliminate a certain proprietary Chinese medicine.
Different efficacy determines how different proprietary Chinese medicines should be used. It needs to be analyzed on a case-by-case basis, and cannot be used blindly.
Heat clearing and detoxification. It is mainly used for symptoms such as wind-heat cold, lung fever cough, etc.
Solution table antipyretic class. It can be used for the condition of pulmonary qi and external fever.
Warm spleen tonics. It is mostly used for mild mid-stomach.
Regulates qi and soothes the liver. It can be used to treat decreased appetite, abdominal distension and vomiting caused by liver qi disorders.
Nourish the spleen and invigorate qi. It is suitable for patients with heart and spleen deficiency and lack of qi and blood.
Regulate blood and dispel blood stasis. It is suitable for chest tightness and pain caused by qi and blood stasis.
When administering proprietary Chinese medicines, you need the guidance of a professional doctor.
Under normal circumstances, the doctor will carefully check the type and quantity of proprietary Chinese medicines.
The doctor will explain the dosage of the prescribed proprietary Chinese medicine, tell the patient the clear time of medication, and how to use it.
If it is a special dosage form, it will be repeatedly confirmed whether the patient is clear.
Explain the contraindications and precautions for taking the proprietary Chinese medicine. If there is a combination of drugs, the patient will be instructed on the issues that need to be paid attention to.
If you need to take proprietary Chinese medicine and Western medicine, you should take it separately every 0.5 hours. In the case of special medications, patients are also reminded to store as required.
Special treatment for special populations. If the patient is allergic or pregnant, important information such as medication history and allergy history will be repeatedly asked.
In order to avoid unnecessary drug accidents, unnecessary contradictions and conflicts, and affect the harmonious doctor-patient relationship.
3. Why did the hospital remove a large number of proprietary Chinese medicines from the shelves?
To sum up, there are still many benefits of Chinese patent medicine.
Taking proprietary Chinese medicine will neither increase the burden on the body nor cause too much financial pressure, and can solve the symptoms at the source.
But why is there the problem of some hospitals successively removing Chinese patent medicines from the shelves mentioned above? In this regard, Chinese medicine has no choice but to name five main reasons.
1. Slow onset
The effect of the drug is relatively slow. Proprietary Chinese medicine focuses on treating both the symptoms and the root cause, so its efficacy will be very slow compared with Western medicine, and the cycle of taking it will be relatively long.
For chronic diseases, Chinese patent medicines have few toxic side effects and few adverse reactions, which is undoubtedly a good choice.
The adaptation surface is relatively narrow. Proprietary Chinese medicines have a high safety profile and are suitable for most people.
However, proprietary Chinese medicine is more inclined to the conditioning effect, and it takes a long time to see obvious results.
In other words, proprietary Chinese medicine is more suitable for people who have the time and ability to slowly recuperate their bodies.
Not for use in people with severe medical conditions.
For some people who are in urgent condition, they are already in a race against death, and there is simply not enough time to wait for the Chinese patent medicine to slowly recuperate.
This also leads many people to choose drugs that work quickly, knowing that some drugs will damage the liver and kidneys after taking them.
The quality of raw materials varies. The main ingredient of Chinese patent medicine is Chinese herbal medicine, and it is difficult to ensure that the original medicinal materials are pure and natural without additives.
It is very difficult to implement quality control and origin supervision, and if the quality is not up to standard, it is likely to cause serious safety hazards to patients after taking it.
2. Exceeding budget
The price problem is intensifying. I don't know if it's because of the environment or the speculation of the capitalists, the price of raw materials for Chinese medicinal materials began to rise year after year.
It turned out that the price of high-quality and inexpensive Chinese medicinal materials suddenly increased for some reason, and even the poor quality Chinese medicinal materials were rushed to ask for them.
The price has risen outrageously. In recent years, the price of Chinese herbal medicines has risen.
Some have doubled, and some have doubled, which directly leads to the fact that Chinese patent medicines can only be forced to increase prices when they are sold at the terminal.
Some proprietary Chinese medicines that exceeded the hospital's procurement budget had to be removed from the shelves one after another.
3. False drug sales
Add chemical ingredients. In order to make huge profits, some unscrupulous merchants sell proprietary Chinese medicines with added chemical ingredients under the slogan of pure Chinese medicine.
Some pharmaceutical companies know that adding chemical ingredients to proprietary Chinese medicines is suspected of selling counterfeit drugs, but they are still willing to take risks for the sake of improper profits.
Adulteration of Western medicines into proprietary Chinese medicines. Many merchants sell Western medicines under the banner of Chinese patent medicine, such as adding acetaminophen to Chinese patent medicine for colds, adding glimepiride to Chinese patent medicine for diabetes, and so on.
They have damaged the reputation of Chinese patent medicine, causing the reputation of Chinese patent medicine to gradually collapse.
4. The market is flooded
The problem of homogeneity is serious. The same kind of Chinese patent medicine has similar effects, but there are many different pharmaceutical companies that continue to produce it.
In order to reduce unnecessary budget expenditure, the hospital will adopt the method of retaining one and removing other similar products from the shelves one after another.
Efficacy is unclear. The instruction manual of proprietary Chinese medicine has always been the hardest hit area of criticism. According to the requirements of drugs, proprietary Chinese medicines should be produced and sold only through reasonable pharmacological experiments.
Many proprietary Chinese medicines write "not yet clear" in the adverse reaction column on the instructions, which makes people dare not compliment.
5. State control
Restrict the prescribing of proprietary Chinese medicines. In order to reduce the safety problems of proprietary Chinese medicines caused by proprietary Chinese medicines, the mainland has imposed restrictions on the prescription of proprietary Chinese medicines since July 2019.
The document clearly stipulates that non-TCM doctors must be trained and qualified before they can prescribe proprietary Chinese medicines.
Raise the threshold of traditional Chinese medicine. Many doctors in the market who claim to be professional Chinese medicine practitioners are actually unlicensed, and some are even charlatans.
The National Health Commission's restrictions on the prescribing of proprietary Chinese medicines have greatly raised the entry threshold for traditional Chinese medicine and escorted the safety of the people's medication.
epilogue
To put it bluntly, Chinese patent medicine is an advanced version of traditional Chinese medicine. It can make it more convenient for patients to take without sacrificing efficacy. It can be taken for a long time and is also very targeted.
It should be noted that proprietary Chinese medicines should be taken under the guidance of a doctor in order to produce twice the result with half the effort.
Slow onset, exceeding budgets, false drug sales, and flooding of the market are the reasons why some hospitals have successively removed a large number of proprietary Chinese medicines from the shelves.
Maintaining the overall environment of proprietary Chinese medicine and improving the professional level of traditional Chinese medicine are all ways to improve the reputation of proprietary Chinese medicine.