Since June 2023, Chinese herbal medicines across the country have continued to attract attention from all parties. Chinese herbal medicine is the material basis of traditional Chinese medicine, the National People's Congress, Henan Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Cui Yinglin is concerned that if growers follow the trend of planting, it is likely to lead to oversupply, causing a damper on the enthusiasm of planting, and it is bound to have an adverse impact on the healthy and stable development of the Chinese medicine industry.
At the two sessions this year, he suggested that in order to effectively stabilize the abnormal fluctuations of the Chinese herbal medicine market, ensure the quality and market of drugs, and reduce the pressure on the medical expenses and medical insurance expenditures of the masses, it is necessary to promote the construction of the national Chinese herbal medicine reserve project and the Chinese herbal medicine industry.
First, it is recommended that the National Development and Reform Commission, the National Medical Security Administration, the State Drug Administration, the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine and other departments jointly establish a national strategic reserve mechanism for Chinese herbal medicines.
The second is to implement the first-class stability policy, establish a first-class fluctuation monitoring system for traditional Chinese medicinal materials, promote the centralized procurement of traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces, reduce procurement costs, solve the problem of "cheap medicine hurts farmers", and at the same time avoid the risk of reserves, prevent skyrocketing, and provide an important guarantee for improving the service capacity of traditional Chinese medicine.
Content**: China Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine.