Directory of Medicinal and Edible Chinese Herbs

The health administrative department of the State Council has issued four batches of lists of substances that are both food and Chinese medicinal materials. There are a total of 106 substances. They are as follows:

【First Batch】.Notice of the Ministry of Health on Further Standardizing the Management of Raw Materials for Health Foods (Weifa Jianfa [2002] No. 51):

Clove, star anise, sword bean, fennel, cirsium, Chinese yam, hawthorn, purslane, rat snake, smoked plum, papaya, hemp seed, bitter orange flower, polygonatum, licorice, angelica dahurica, ginkgo nut, white hyacinth bean, white hyacinth bean flower, longan pulp, semen cassiae, lily, nutmeg, cinnamon, phyllanthus emblica, finger citron, sweet and bitter almond, sea buckthorn, oyster, gorgon fruit, Sichuan pepper, adzuki bean, donkey-hide gelatin, chicken gizzard membrane, malt, kelp, jujube, luo han guo, bidentate achyranthes root seed, honeysuckle, Chinese olive, houttuynia cordata, ginger,枳棋子, goji berry, gardenia fruit, fructus amomi, boat-fruited sterculia seed, poria, finger citron, elsholtzia, peach kernel, mulberry leaf, mulberry fruit, red tangerine peel, balloon flower root,益智仁, lotus leaf, radish seed, lotus seed, lesser galangal, lophatherum leaf, fermented black soybean, chrysanthemum,菊紫苏, perilla seed, kudzu root, black sesame, yellow mustard seed, polygonatum, hemp, black pepper, pagoda tree flower bud, pagoda tree flower, dandelion, honey,榧桑叶, mulberry fruit, red tangerine peel, balloon flower root,益智仁, lotus leaf, radish seed, lotus seed, lesser galangal, lophatherum leaf, fermented black soybean, chrysanthemum, chicory, yellow mustard seed, polygonatum, perilla, perilla seed, kudzu root, black sesame, black pepper, pagoda tree flower bud, pagoda tree flower, dandelion, honey, Chinese torreya seed, sour jujube kernel, fresh cogongrass root, fresh reed root, five-pacer snake, tangerine peel, mint, coix seed, Chinese chive bulb, raspberry, wrinkled gianthyllis herb.

【Second Batch】.Announcement on Six Newly Added Substances, Including Angelica Sinensis, That Are Traditionally Both Food and Chinese Medicinal Materials (Announcement No. 8 of 2019):

Angelica sinensis, rhizoma kaempferiae, saffron (also known as “safflower” in spices and seasonings), tsaoko, turmeric, long pepper.

【Third Batch】.Announcement on Nine Newly Added Substances, Including Codonopsis, That Are Traditionally Both Food and Chinese Medicinal Materials (Announcement No. 9 of 2023):

Codonopsis root, desert cistanche, Dendrobium officinale, American ginseng, astragalus root, lingzhi, Asiatic cornelian cherry fruit, gastrodia elata, Eucommia leaf.

【Fourth Batch】.2024 Announcement on Four Substances, Including rehmannia root, That Are Traditionally Both Food and Chinese Medicinal Materials:

Rehmannia root, ophiopogon root, asparagus root, citrus grandis ‘Tomentosa’.

Definition of 【High-Quality Medicinal and Edible Products】

Products manufactured in accordance with T/HNYJNYXH 《High-Quality Medicinal and Edible Product Standard》, conforming to the product varieties specified in the national 《Complete Directory of Medicinal and Edible Products》, which can be consumed as food or used medicinally and have specific functions.

Product varieties specified in the 《Complete Directory of Medicinal and Edible Products》 may apply for high-quality medicinal and edible product certification. The certificate can be obtained only after passing the audit conducted by a third-party certification body.