Process and Prospect of Quality Control Standards for the Production of Chinese Herbal Pieces

Chinese herbal pieces are the prescription drug for the clinical treatment of diseases. Their qualities affect the clinical effects directly. However， at present， there is a lack of relevant technical specifications and quality control indicators in the seeds and seedling， planting， harvesting and processing， which leads to the problems such as adulteration， illegal staining， illegal weight gain and excessive sulfur fumigation of TCM decoction pieces. These problems have caused serious obstacles to the healthy development of TCM decoction pieces industry. In order to solve the problems， we should start from the origin of TCM decoction pieces， establishing serial standard specifications on medicinal herbs seeds and seedling， planting， harvesting and processing standards based on Chinese herbal pieces quality control in the whole industry chain. At the same time， we need to do research on the key technologies of quality identification and establish a quality standard system embodying the quality characteristics based on the characteristics of TCM decoction pieces and form a quality control standard system for the whole industrial chain of Chinese herbal pieces.