T/CAQ 29008-2023 Quality Chinese medicinal herbs, Artemisiae Scopariae Radix (qinghao)
T/CAQ 29008-2023 Quality Chinese medicinal herbs, Artemisiae Scopariae Radix (qinghao)
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Scope
Scope: This document specifies the requirements for quality Artemisia annua herbal medicines, inspection rules, judgment rules, labeling, packaging, and storage, and describes the corresponding detection methods. This document is applicable to the judgment of quality Artemisia annua herbal medicines; Main technical content: The quality herbal medicines defined in this document are those that meet the management regulations such as the "Good Agricultural Practice for Chinese Herbal Medicines" (GAP) and the "Good Agricultural Practice for Medicinal Plant Cultivation and Harvesting" (GACP) during the production process, with their quality indicators exceeding the requirements of the *Chinese Pharmacopoeia* (2020 Edition), and their limit values for exogenous pollutants and endogenous toxic substances being lower than the requirements of the *Chinese Pharmacopoeia* (2020 Edition). A series of standards, including this document, also add technical methods for specific varieties to enhance their uniqueness, establishing quality control standards that reflect their intrinsic quality. The quality standards for quality Artemisia annua herbal medicines include the detection of the main component artemisinin, limit values for exogenous pollutants (pesticide residues, heavy metals and harmful elements, fungal toxins, etc.), and increased limit values for extracts. They also cover aspects such as origin, characteristics, identification indicators, inspection indicators, extracts, content of indicative (effective) components, pesticide residues, heavy metals, and fungal toxins. This standard exceeds the current *Chinese Pharmacopoeia* (2020 Edition) and effectively supplements and improves it, ensuring that its quality exceeds that of qualified Artemisia annua herbal medicines.