3) Loquat leaf
Loquat leaf is a commonly used TCM material that removes heat from the lungs to relieve cough, downbears counterflow and checks vomiting. It is used in the treatment of cough with lung heat, circulation of vital energy in the wrong direction, dyspnea with rapid respiration, stomach heat and retching counterflow, vexation heat and thirst. Loquat leaf was approved as a new food raw material in December 2014.
Announcement No.20 of 2014: New food raw material loquat leaf
Chinese name | Loquat Leaf |
Latin name | Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lindl. |
Basic information | Species：Rosaceae, Eriobotrya Edible part: Leaf |
Intake amount | ≤10g/day |
Other items in need of clarification | Health and safety criterions should be in line with the relevant national standards. |
4) Cyclocarya paliurus leaf
Cyclocarya paliurus leaf has an effect on clearing away heat and toxic materials, and quenching thirst. Modern scientific experiments found that cyclocarya paliurus leaf contains a variety of effective components, including polysaccharide, triterpene, saponin, and flavone, and also contains multiple precious trace elements such as amino acid, vitamins, germanium, selenium, chromium, vanadium, zinc, iron, and calcium. Cyclocarya paliurus leaf is suitable for the groups suffering from chronic diseases such as hypertension, hyperlipemia and hyperglycemia due to its functions of boosting immunity, antioxidation and anti-aging. The plant was approved as a new food raw material in November 2013.
Announcement No.10 of 2013 New food raw material cyclocarya paliurus leaf
Chinese name | Cyclocarya Leaf |
Basic information | Source：Juglandaceae cyclocarya paliurus（Latin name: Cyclocarya paliurus） Edible part: leaf |
Other items in need of clarification | 1.Edible method: Brewing 2.Health and safety criterions should be in line with the relevant national standards. |
5) Male flower of Eucommia ulmoides
Eucommia ulmoides is a dioecious tree. The male flowers of Eucommia ulmoides are the blossoms of its male tree. The male flowers of Eucommia ulmoides are valuable resources of medicinal pollen in China. Scientific research has found that the male flowers of Eucommia ulmoides contain a variety of effective plant ingredients, including lignins, iridoids, phenylpropanoids active substances (such as geniposidic acid, chlorogenic acid and aucubin), pinoresinol diglycoside flavone, alkaloid, amino acid, polysaccharide and many mineral elements (Zn, Mn, Cu, Fe, Ca, P, B, Mg, K, etc. The variety of active ingredients are remarkably effective for liver health, kidney nourishing, defaecation, sleeping, and reduction in hypertension, hyperlipemia and hyperglycemia. The plant was approved as a new food raw material in May 2014.
Announcement No.6 of 2014: New food raw material male flower of Eucommia ulmoides
Chinese name | Male flower of Tu-chung |
English name | Male flower of Eucommia ulmoides |
Basic information | Source: Cultivated male tree of Eucommia ulmoides (Eucommia ulmoides Oliv.) Edible part: Male flower |
Intake amount | ≤6g/day |
Other items in need of clarification | 1.Unsuitable for infants, young children and pregnant women. Unsuitable groups should be labeled and noted in the instructions. 2. Health and safety criterions should be in line with the relevant national standards. |
6) Tissue culture of Saussurea involucrata
Saussurea involucrate: Tissue culture of Saussurea involucrata
Saussurea involucrata is a well-known specialty in Xinjiang, distributed in the northern and southern hillsides of Tianshan Mountains, the Altai Mountains and Kunlun Mountains of Xinjiang, with an altitude of 4000-5000 meters above sea level. It’s a good Chinese herbal medicine used for the treatment of irregular menstruation, toothache, rheumatoid arthritis, erectile dysfunction, abnormal leukorrhea, metrorrhagia and other diseases. As a result of excessive digging and picking in recent years, Saussurea involucrata has become endangered. The state has long banned natural Saussurea involucrata for use in health food.
The tissue culture of Saussurea involucrata, the product of cell culture under artificial control with the selected seeds of wild Saussurea involucrate, contains various functional components, such as flavone, polysaccharide, chlorogenic acid and syringin, etc. It is rich in nutrients, with 28.8% of protein, 0.96% of fat, 25.6% of total sugar, 16.0% of starch, 10.0% of cellulose and trace elements essential to human body. The tissue culture of Saussurea involucrata is significantly effective for women’s health, anti-inflammation and analgesia. A long-term use of the tissue culture of Saussurea involucrata can also enhance immunity, delay aging, resist radiation, prevent heart disease, cancer and other diseases. The tissue culture of Saussurea involucrata was approved in 2010 as a new food raw material.
Announcement No.9 of 2010: New food raw material tissue culture of Saussurea involucrata
Chinese name | Tissue culture of Saussurea involucrate | ||
English name | Tissue culture of Saussurea involucrata | ||
Basic information | Source: callus of feverfew Saussurea involucrata | ||
The mass-like particles in the process of subculture under the certain conditions with subculture seeds, which is the callus obtained from the dedifferentiation of in vitro tissue of Saussurea involucrata, or the powder obtained from drying and crushing the particles | |||
Intake amount | The fresh≤80g/day , the dried≤4g/day | ||
Unsuitable groups | Infants and pregnant women | ||
Quality requirements | The fresh | The dried | |
Character | Purple red mass-like particles | Purple gray powder | |
Protein | ≥1% | ≥20% | |
General flavone | ≥0.4% | ≥7% | |
Moisture content | ≤96％ | ≤10％ | |
Ash content | ≤1％ | ≤10％ | |
Other items in need of clarification | Unsuitable groups and recommended intake amounts should be labeled and noted in the instruction. | ||
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