Is it moldy on the granules? Is it moldy?Answer →

Since June of this year, children's influenza cases have increased, and even flowers have increased the amount of Chinese medicine for treating influenza. Recently, when the parents of the children reported that the Lianhua Qingjuan particles they had retrieved were opened, they found that the particles were "moldy" and suspected that the medicine had quality problems.

It can be seen on the pictures provided by the parents of the child that the pharmaceutical particles have white flocculent objects, similar to mold. However, if you distinguish it carefully, you will find that these floccope is white and the structure is relatively loose compared to the mold.

What are these white floccope? Does the medicine really have quality problems? The pharmacist at the Ministry of Pharmacy of the Xiamen Children's Hospital explained that the white floccope on the drug particles is actually the mint brain component in the ingredients of the flowers of the flowers. Mint brain is an extract from Chinese medicine "mint" as the raw material. After refining, the characteristics are "colorless needle -shaped or prism -shaped or white crystalline powder", which is easy to volatilize. The "Chinese Pharmacopoeia" stipulates that its storage must be "sealed and cooling."

Lianhua Qingjuan particles containing mint brain changes with the storage conditions of the medicine and the transportation environment. Especially when the environmental temperature exceeds the storage requirements, the mint brain sublimates and volatilizes. It is white flocculent, which belongs to physical changes and does not affect the efficacy of the drug. Xiamen is located in subtropicals, with high temperature and high humidity, especially in spring and summer. The pharmaceutical traits are greatly affected by the environment.

How to distinguish between flowers and clear plague particles is normal physical changes and mold? The easiest way is to dissolve with an appropriate amount of warm water. If it is moldy, the floc is suspended in the potion because it is not dissolved, and the qualified medicine can be completely dissolved. Secondly, the "moldy" drugs are opened. If it is mint, the floccope will volatilize and disappear after one or two days, and the mold ball will not.

In addition, other patent medicines containing mint brains may also occur. Please pay attention to distinguish, and at the same time store medicines as much as possible in accordance with the conditions of drug storage.

(Xiamen Evening News reporter Wang Yanni correspondent Chen Ping)

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