List of Chinese medicinal materials with both medicinal and edible properties

The health administration department of the State Council has released four lists of substances that are both food and Chinese medicinal materials. There are 106 substances in total. They are:

[First Batch] Notice of the Ministry of Health on Further Standardizing the Management of Health Food Ingredients (Weifajianfa [2002] No. 51):

Clove, star anise, amaranth, sword bean, fennel, thistle, yam, hawthorn, purslane, black snake, black plum, papaya, hemp seed, daidai flower, polygonatum, licorice, angelica, ginkgo, white lentil, white lentil flower, longan meat (longan), cassia seed, lily, nutmeg, cinnamon, emblica, bergamot, almond (sweet and bitter), sea buckthorn, oyster, gorgon fruit, pepper, red bean, donkey-hide gelatin, chicken gizzard, malt, kelp, jujube (jujube, sour jujube, black jujube), monk fruit, Prunus mume, honeysuckle, green fruit, houttuynia, ginger (ginger, dried ginger), Citrus aurantium, wolfberry, gardenia, Amomum villosum, Sterculia lychnophora, Poria, citron, Elsholtzia, peach kernel mulberry Leaves, mulberry, tangerine peel, platycodon, alpinia oxyphylla, lotus leaf, radish seed, lotus seed, galangal, light bamboo leaf, light black bean, chrysanthemum, chrysanthemum perilla, perilla seed, kudzu root, black sesame, yellow mustard, polygonatum, hemp, black pepper, sophora japonica, sophora japonica, dandelion, honey, torreya grandis mulberry leaf, mulberry, tangerine peel, platycodon, alpinia oxyphylla, lotus leaf, radish seed, lotus seed, galangal, light bamboo leaf, light black bean, chrysanthemum, chicory, yellow mustard, polygonatum, perilla, perilla seed, kudzu root, black sesame, black pepper, sophora japonica, sophora japonica, dandelion, honey, torreya grandis, spiny jujube kernel, fresh white imperata root, fresh reed root, pit viper, tangerine peel mint, coix seed, scallion, raspberry, patchouli.

[Second batch] Announcement on 6 new substances that are traditionally both food and Chinese medicinal materials, including Angelica sinensis (No. 8, 2019):

Angelica, Kaempferia galanga, saffron (also known as "saffron" in spices and condiments), cardamom, turmeric, and piper longum.

[Third Batch] Announcement on 9 new substances that are traditionally both food and Chinese medicinal materials, including Codonopsis pilosula (No. 9, 2023):

Codonopsis pilosula, Cistanche deserticola (desert), Dendrobium officinale, American ginseng, Astragalus, Ganoderma lucidum, Cornus officinalis, Gastrodia elata, Eucommia ulmoides leaves.

[Fourth batch]. Announcement on 4 substances, including Rehmannia glutinosa, which are traditionally both food and Chinese medicinal materials in 2024:

Rehmannia root, Ophiopogon japonicus, Asparagus cochinchinensis, and Citrus aurantium.

Definition of high-quality food and medicine products

Products produced in accordance with the T/HNYJNYXH "Standards for High-quality Food and Medicine Products" and in line with the product varieties specified in the national "Catalogue of Food and Medicine Products", can be eaten by people and used as medicine, and have specific functions.

Products that meet the requirements of the "Catalogue of Food and Drug Products" can apply for high-quality food and drug products certification. They can only obtain the certificate after passing the review of a third-party certification agency.