T/CAQ 29023-2024 Quality traditional Chinese medicinal herb: Epimedium (YinYangHuo)
T/CAQ 29023-2024 Quality traditional Chinese medicinal herb: Epimedium (YinYangHuo)
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Scope: This document specifies the requirements, testing methods, inspection rules, judgment rules, labeling, packaging, and storage for high-quality Chinese herbal medicine Epimedium brevicornum. This document is applicable to the quality assessment of Epimedium brevicornum. Main technical content: Epimedium brevicornum is a commonly used Chinese herbal medicine in China, with the functions of tonifying kidney Yang, strengthening tendons and bones, and dispelling wind and dampness. The Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China (2020 Edition, Part I and Part IV) stipulates that Epimedium brevicornum should be tested for "appearance", "identification", "inspection", "extraction", and "content", and also sets limits for 33 prohibited pesticides. In addition, the "Commercial Specification and Grade of Epimedium brevicornum" clearly defines the commercial specification and grade of Epimedium brevicornum in the production, circulation, and use process. The "Epimedium brevicornum for Health Food Ingredients" stipulates the limits for lead, arsenic, and mercury in Epimedium brevicornum, as well as the limits for other pollutants and pesticide residues. Although there are already multiple standards regulating the quality of Epimedium brevicornum, there is still a need to establish regulations on the quality of Epimedium brevicornum to better assess its quality and meet the diverse needs of the Epimedium brevicornum market. High-quality Chinese herbal medicine Epimedium brevicornum is an integral part of high-quality Chinese herbal medicine. The quality indicators of high-quality Chinese herbal medicine Epimedium brevicornum exceed the requirements of the Pharmacopoeia of China, while the limits for exogenous pollutants such as lead, cadmium, mercury, and arsenic are lower than those stipulated in the Pharmacopoeia of China. Compared with the provisions in the Pharmacopoeia of China, high-quality Chinese herbal medicine Epimedium brevicornum adds limits for heavy met