Further promote the healthy development of traditional Chinese medicine and health food industry

People grow with each passing day in the wake of the improvement of living standard, the awakening of health consciousness, the aging and the outbreak of COVID-19. Health promotion, prevention and prevention of disease will become a new trend. There is still room for improvement in the efficacy evaluation and verification of traditional Chinese herbal medicine, the control and extraction of effective components, and the standardization of production.

"In recent years, the functional components of medicinal materials fluctuate greatly, pesticide residues, excessive content of heavy metals and the decline of nutritional value have become difficult problems perplexing the industry." Li HuiSen suggested that starting from the origin and planting production of Chinese herbal medicine, standardize the site selection, planting, fertilization, pesticide use, collection, processing and storage of Chinese herbal medicine, and establish quality control system and technical standards. At the same time, it is suggested to vigorously promote the digital, networked and intelligent construction of traditional Chinese medicine planting, extraction process and quality management, strengthen technology integration, process innovation and information management of the whole production process, realize the standardization and modernization of traditional Chinese medicine production process, and build a high-quality product standard system of the whole chain of traditional Chinese medicine industry.

"Since ancient times, China has had the concept of medicine and food homology. The traditional Chinese medicine with medicine and food homology has a long edible history. After long-term practice, it has proved its safety and effectiveness." Li HuiSen said that more Chinese herbal medicines with the same origin as medicine and food will be included in the catalogue of recorded health food to make up for the slow progress in the approval of registered health food, meet people's diversified health needs at a faster speed, and give enterprises more room for innovation.

"The holistic view of traditional Chinese medicine and the thought of syndrome differentiation and treatment have obvious advantages in health care and prevention. However, the theory of traditional Chinese medicine has its own logic and cannot be fully compatible with modern medical theory." Li HuiSen said that the functions of health food in terms of traditional Chinese medicine based on the theory of traditional Chinese medicine should be increased, such as "tonifying middle school", "supplementing qi" and "strengthening health". At the same time, using modern technical means, scientifically analyze the scientific connotation of the core health function of traditional Chinese medicine health food, and establish the efficacy evaluation method corresponding to the function.

"Based on thousands of years of practical experience and theoretical summary, traditional Chinese medicine has a refined and personalized measurement dimension of human health." Li HuiSen suggested that we should encourage the full use of technical means such as big data, deepen research, measure and promote people's health level and lifestyle through the dimension of traditional Chinese medicine, divide the applicable groups of different categories of Chinese herbal health products, and give more targeted suggestions on healthy lifestyle, etc.

Li HuiSen suggested that while the government regulates the health care products industry, objectively evaluate and reflect the unique comparative advantages and potential social and economic values of Chinese herbal health care products from the perspective of the media, so as to correct the name of Chinese herbal health care products. At the same time, it is suggested to ensure the healthy and orderly development of traditional Chinese medicine health care industry in an all-round way from policies and regulations, and further stimulate the driving force of scientific and technological innovation of enterprises.