Is herbal medicine Chinese medicine?

Chinese medicine: all the drugs applied in the prescriptions drawn up under the guidance of Chinese medicine theory, whether traditional or newly introduced, can be regarded as Chinese medicine.

Pharmaceuticals: These are medicines produced in large quantities according to prescriptions, tests or secret recipes that have precise curative effects and are widely used. Characterized by the general to a specific name, appropriate to the packaging marked efficacy, treatment, usage, dosage, etc. can be sold directly without a doctor's prescription. The production license of patent medicine must be GMP certified, approved by the Pharmaceutical Affairs. Such as the six god pill, ten drops of water and so on belong to the Chinese medicine is referred to as proprietary Chinese medicine.

Herbal medicine: herbal medicine from common plants. Also refers to the folk medicinal herbs not found in the pharmacopoeia.

GMP certification: a mandatory standard for the pharmaceutical and food industries. GMP" is the abbreviation for Good Manufacturing Practice, which means "Good Manufacturing Practice" or "Good Manufacturing Practice" in Chinese. "Drug GMP certification is the state law on drug production enterprises (workshops) and drug varieties to implement GMP supervision and inspection and obtain recognition of a system, is an important element of international drug trade and drug supervision and management, but also to ensure the stability of the quality of medicines, safety and efficacy of a scientific and advanced management tools. Strictly the approval of the new start-up pharmaceutical production enterprises, the failure to obtain the certificate of GMP certification of drugs, shall not be issued to the "Drug Manufacturer License".