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    Traditional Chinese medicine

    •December 9, 2013
    • Yuan Shui, a member of the Register of Chinese Herbal Medicine (RCHM) prepares a prescription with Chinese herbal ingredients at the Yuan Clinic in London February 16, 2011. An EU directive passed in 2004 comes into effect from May 1, 2011 which requires that traditional herbal medicinal products must be licensed or prescribed by a registered herbal practitioner. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth
    • A bear is seen in the cage for bile extraction in the bear farm of Guizhentang pharmaceutical company, which makes tonics made from bear bile, in Hui'an county in southeast China's Fujian province 22 February 2012. The company farmed 470 bears last year and hoped to increase the number to 1,200 after the approved initial public offering, which drew wild critism in China. The bears' bile is a valuable commodity for sale as an ingredient in traditional Chinese medicine. (EPA/MU CHEN)<br /><br /><br />
    • A worker prepares traditional Chinese herbal medicines at Beijing's Capital Medical University Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital May 25, 2011. The hospital distributes around 20,000 prescription doses daily, more than five tonnes of ingredients, from their stock of 600 different types of plants, herbs, and animal organs. Almost all traditional Chinese herbal medicine has been banned from sale in European Union (EU) countries since May 1, following the implementation of the Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive that was originally passed in 2004. Under the guidelines, all herbal medicinal products are required to obtain a certificate before entering the EU market, and have a history of at least 30 years, including 15 years in EU regions. REUTERS/David Gray
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    Traditional Chinese medicine

    Yuan Shui, a member of the Register of Chinese Herbal Medicine (RCHM) prepares a prescription with Chinese herbal ingredients at the Yuan Clinic in London February 16, 2011. An EU directive passed in 2004 comes into effect from May 1, 2011 which requires that traditional herbal medicinal products must be licensed or prescribed by a registered herbal practitioner. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth

    China's highly-fragmented traditional Chinese medicine market is led by firms such as Tasly Pharmaceutical Group Co Ltd and China Resources Sanjiu Medical & Pharmaceutical Co Ltd, which each have billion dollar-plus annual sales. (Reuters)

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