The medicinal effects of Chinese material medica (CMM) come from multicomponent compounds, so quality control methods can’t always determine the holistic fingerprints of samples.
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Donkey-hide gelatin (Asini Corii Colla), also known as Ejiao in Chinese, is a popular gelatinous Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) derived from a complex extraction procedure.
Chaenomeles refers to the fruit of the Chinese flowering quince, called mugua (wood fruit). This plant is in the rose family, and is the source of other fruits commonly used in Chinese medicine.
Tortoise-shell glue (Testudinis Carapacis ET Plastri Colla), an important and valuable type of animal-derived Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), is made from the dorsal and ventral shells of tortoises.
Children’s throat-reliever granules (Xiaoer Yanbian Keli) are a traditional Chinese formulated medicine, comprised of the Lonicera Japonica herbal plant.
Aristolochic acids are a group of nitrophenanthrene carboxylic acids that are associated with renal toxicity and carcinogenicity.
Lonicera Japonica Flos (Chinese phonetic name: Jinyin-hua) is a popular and commonly used Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) for treating inflammation and infectious diseases.
Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) is the Section of the United States government Rules and Regulations document that outlines rules associated with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).