Non-scientific classification of Chinese herbal medicine as dietary supplement

Kexin Bao

doi:10.1007/s11655-016-2536-8

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Non-scientific classification of Chinese herbal medicine as dietary supplement

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- Non-scientific classification of Chinese herbal medicine as dietary supplement
- Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine Vol. 23, Issue 3, Pages: 166-169(2017)
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  American Institute of Traditional Medicine, Rosemead,USA
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- DOI：10.1007/s11655-016-2536-8
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Bao, K. Non-scientific classification of Chinese herbal medicine as dietary supplement., Chin. J. Integr. Med. 23, 166–169 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11655-016-2536-8

Kexin Bao. Non-scientific classification of Chinese herbal medicine as dietary supplement. [J]. Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine 23(3):166-169(2017)
Bao, K. Non-scientific classification of Chinese herbal medicine as dietary supplement., Chin. J. Integr. Med. 23, 166–169 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11655-016-2536-8 DOI：

Kexin Bao. Non-scientific classification of Chinese herbal medicine as dietary supplement. [J]. Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine 23(3):166-169(2017) DOI： 10.1007/s11655-016-2536-8.

摘要

This article focuses the category status of Chinese herbal medicine in the United States where it has been mistakenly classifified as a dietary supplement. According to Yellow Emperor Canon of Internal Medicine (Huang Di Nei Jing)

clinical treatment in broad sense is to apply certain poisonous medicines to fight against pathogeneses

by which all medicines have certain toxicity and side effect. From ancient times to modern society

all

or at least most

practitioners have used herbal medicine to treat patients’ medical conditions. The educational curriculums in Chinese medicine (CM) comprise the courses of herbal medicine (herbology) and herbal formulae. The objective of these courses is to teach students to use herbal medicine or formulae to treat disease as materia medica. In contrast

dietary supplements are preparations intended to provide nutrients that are missing or are not consumed in suffificient quantity in a person’s diet. In contrast

Chinese herbs can be toxic

which have been proven through laboratory research. Both clinical practice and research have demonstrated that Chinese herbal medicine is a special type of natural materia medica

not a dietary supplement.

Abstract

clinical treatment in broad sense is to apply certain poisonous medicines to fight against pathogeneses

by which all medicines have certain toxicity and side effect. From ancient times to modern society

all

or at least most

dietary supplements are preparations intended to provide nutrients that are missing or are not consumed in suffificient quantity in a person’s diet. In contrast

Chinese herbs can be toxic

which have been proven through laboratory research. Both clinical practice and research have demonstrated that Chinese herbal medicine is a special type of natural materia medica

not a dietary supplement.

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herbal medicineChinese Herbal Medicinedietary supplementsnon-scientifific classifification

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herbal medicineChinese Herbal Medicinedietary supplementsnon-scientifific classifification

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