Chinese herbal medicine prices soared once again, and people felt that Chinese herbal medicines rose too fast

The price of Chinese medicine soared to “dissolve your life” without consulting people. The price of Chinese herbal medicines rose too fast. Since the beginning of 2011, Chinese herbal medicines have entered a “peak period” for a new round of price increases. For example, the “three or sevens” in my hands are known as pharmacists. Li Shizhen called it “the gold does not change”, it is mainly used to stop bleeding and blood, in 2009 it was less than 60 yuan per kilogram, has now soared to more than 600 yuan per kilogram. Following the “garlic scorpion”, “Ginger Your Army” and “Gao Gaozong”, Chinese herbal medicines have been dubbed “drugs your life” by netizens.

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Many wholesalers have stated that Chinese herbal medicines are generally increasing their prices, and there has been no small increase in the number of Chinese medicines.

Yan Shanshui, a Chinese herbal medicine wholesaler: When Guizhou and Yunnan were in a drought, Sanqi (price) soared when it was affected by disasters. (Reporter: How much has it risen from?) From about 100 kilograms to about a kilogram, the highest peak has risen to about 700 Chinese herbal wholesalers Ren Qiong: (Reporter: Which is the biggest increase?) Now (increase) is the largest It may be that the Codonopsis is the highest, and the previous few yuan was a pound. Now it is a few tens of pounds. (Reporter: Was it a few dollars before?) It should have been 6, 7 before. When it was the cheapest, it was now sold for around 40. .

Ms. Lai’s husband’s stomach has always been poor and her symptoms of dyspepsia and diarrhea have frequently occurred. For two years, Ms. Lai has been using traditional Chinese medicine to help her husband regulate their stomachs. But what puzzled her was that even though each prescription was very close, the cost was increasing.

Ms. Lai: Anyway, I always feel more expensive than before, and I am more sure of you. The feeling is yes, because the medical insurance is used very quickly, and it is used up quickly. It has to be self-paid, and it does not take a few self-pays. It is quite expensive.

In Huqing Yutang pharmacy in Hangzhou, thousands of customers come here every day to prescribe drugs. Like Ms. Lai, many citizens who have long-term use of traditional Chinese medicine to treat their body have the same feelings.

Mr. Cao: The original more than 100 (1 kg), now more than 300 (1 kg), very expensive. Now I eat a little of my own medicine, as long as the original dozens of pieces, now more than 100.

Mr. Zhong: This Chinese medicine is incredible. The price has risen sharply. I haven’t been able to tell you the exact number, but I feel that it’s too expensive for this drug price to rise.

Crazy Cordyceps militaris compared with the general Chinese herbal medicines, the rise of valuable Chinese herbal medicines is even more eye-catching. "Winter is insect, summer is grass, Cordyceps is a treasure." This is the current hot Cordyceps sinensis. Historically, it has been known as wild ginseng and pilose antler for its three precious Chinese medicinal materials. In recent years, Cordyceps sinensis has become the only choice for high-end health products market. Its prices soared. The price of good Cordyceps even reached more than 200,000 yuan per kilogram, which is equivalent to the price of a mid-range sedan. The average selling price of expensive Cordyceps is about 511 yuan. According to the current price of 320 yuan per gram of gold, a Cordyceps is still more than 30% more expensive than gold.

It is located in the Diligent Road Cordyceps Market in Chengdong District, Xining City, Qinghai Province. As the largest wholesale market for bulk Chinese caterpillar fungus, this place is a popular scene of crowdedness every day. It is hard to imagine that in such a seemingly ordinary market, the daily turnover actually exceeded 50 million yuan. With the "Cocktail fever" swept across the country in recent years, it not only triggered excavation and trade activities in Qinghai and Tibet, but also the price of Cordyceps has risen steadily.

Sun Faping, vice president of the Academy of Social Sciences of Qinghai Province, said: Because Cordyceps is limited in its output, it is said that it is very rare and valuable, especially in Southeast Asia, its demand for it is very large.

There are 507 species of Cordyceps in the world, and only one species can be called Cordyceps sinensis. It only grows on meadows above the snowline of 3500 meters above sea level on the Tibetan plateau. Due to its special growing environment, it has not been able to cultivate artificially. As the world’s largest production area of ​​Cordyceps sinensis, China’s output accounts for approximately 85% of the world’s total. Even so, the total annual output of Cordyceps is only 80-150 tons. According to legend, the rare Cordyceps sinensis has miraculous medical effects and is known as "God's Grass."

Mr. Qin is a distributor of the Puning Chinese medicinal materials market in Guangdong. He has been operating the Cordyceps business for many years. In recent years, he personally witnessed the “myth” of climbing Cordyceps prices all the way.

Mr. Qin, a Cordyceps operator in the Puning Chinese herbal medicines market, Guangdong: This is mainly wild. It is now out of the number of a year less than a year, so the price increases year by year. Cordyceps sinensis is probably about twenty-five thousand and one kilogram in 2004 and 2003. Now it is more than 200,000. It has been seven or eight years, and it has risen so much in seven or eight years.

Although the current price of Cordyceps has risen steadily, dealers feel that the skyrocketing prices have not brought about an increase in profits, and customers who want to buy back have not had much before.

Mr. Qin, a Cordyceps operator in the Puning Chinese herbal medicine market in Guangdong Province: Now that its price is higher than that of speculation, the price is too high and it is not profitable for us to open stores here. The sale is much worse. Before it was cheap, people had a little money to eat and eat. Now it is too expensive to buy it.

Chinese herbal medicine prices skyrocketing to bring greater cost pressure on the reporter in the North China's largest Chinese herbal medicine circulation market "Medicine" Hebei Anguo interview to understand that in recent years, Chinese herbal medicine prices fluctuated, rising again and again. Many Chinese pharmaceutical companies report that the soaring price of Chinese herbal medicines has brought greater cost pressures to pharmaceutical companies, which has led to the suspension of production and production cuts for some Chinese herbal medicines.

Hebei Qixin Traditional Chinese Medicine Granules Co., Ltd. provides raw materials for pharmaceutical factories and hospitals. Song Ximin, general manager of the company, told reporters that due to high raw material prices, some pharmaceutical companies have stopped or stopped work, and the sales volume of the company has dropped by more than 1,000 tons.

Song Ximin, general manager of Hebei Fuxin TCM Granule Pieces Co., Ltd.: Now, we are currently losing money this year, and now it is less than 600,000.

As a leading pharmaceutical company in Hebei Province, Shenwei Pharmaceutical has also withstood a lot of pressure in this round of Chinese herbal medicine price hikes.

Shenwei Pharmaceutical Vice President Wang Qinli: Our cost pressure brought by the rise of Chinese herbal medicines in the past 10 years is more than 80 million yuan. Throughout this time, the price of medicinal herbs we use is above 50%, in the first half of 2011 compared with 2010. Six months increased the purchase cost of more than 60 million yuan.

Located in the medicine capital of North China, Anguo Pharmaceutical Group of Anguo City is a large-scale Chinese patent medicine manufacturing enterprise that integrates production, scientific research, operation, and export processing. Its legal representative Liu Jianjun expressed helplessness about the phenomenon of rising Chinese herbal medicines.

Anguo Pharmaceutical Group legal representative Liu Jianjun: (Reporter: What are the impacts of Chinese herbal medicine price increase on your varieties?) For most of the varieties (all have impact), most of the varieties are affected. (Reporter: Is there any variety because the prices of medicinal materials have risen so high that they are not produced?) There are many varieties. (Reporter: Many? Then you give some examples.) Such a variety, for example, Liu Wei Di Huang Wan, for example, to say, yellow, this species because the price rise too much, too much, the market can not accept, so Do not do it temporarily. right? For example, if you say Banlangen and Banlangen granules, raw materials will go up, prices will not go up, and you will have to stop (produce). There are a lot of things to stop.

Why do Chinese herbal medicines soar in price? Chinese herbal medicines also belong to agricultural and sideline products. For example, ginseng can be eaten raw, boiled and eaten, and it can also be used as a medicinal material. Therefore, it is said that medicine and food are homologous, and Chinese herbal medicine is like food and vegetables, and its production and price are deep. Affected by the environment and climate change. In recent years, natural disasters occurred in Yunnan Province, where traditional Chinese medicine originated in southern China, resulting in a decrease in production of various medicinal materials. Some wild medicinal materials also suffered from shortages of resources, which drove up prices of Chinese medicinal materials.

Yunnan is rich in Chinese herbal medicine resources, Panax pseudoginseng, Gastrodia, Angelica and other medicinal materials known throughout the country, but under the influence of three consecutive years of drought, Panax pseudoginseng and other Chinese herbal medicines have also been affected.

Zhang Zengguo is a Sanqi planter in Santang Township, Qianxi County, Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan Province. Two years ago, he invested 300,000 yuan to grow this area of ​​10 acres. Zhang Zengguo said that in normal years, as long as he can rely on natural rainwater to maintain Panax growth, he can only build a temporary water cellar on the edge of the greenhouse, and pay for water to pull water. Zhang Zengguo calculated an account for the reporter and greatly increased his planting costs.

Sanqi growers Zhang Zengguo: We are pulling a car for 30 yuan, and it is nearly 300 yuan a car. We have enough to pour a mu. I have about ten acres of land here, and if I pour it ten times (in water) and ten cars, I will reach three thousand dollars.

Panax notoginseng is a valuable Chinese herbal medicine, and its main origin is located in the southeast of Yunnan Province in China. It takes two to three years from sowing to harvesting. In the growth and development period, Panax notoginseng requires a relatively humid environment. The normal growth of plants requires that about 30% of soil moisture be maintained. At present, due to severe shortage of water, Santang Township planted more than 4,000 mu of Panax not able to raise seedlings and keep seedlings. Many growers can only accept fate, leading to a sharp decline in output. At the same time, other Chinese herbal medicine industries in Santang Township are also affected.

Lu Yongyun, Secretary of the Party Committee of Santang Township, Longxi County, Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan Province: Santang Township is a large rural plant for Chinese herbal medicine. Our main Chinese herbal medicine industry is Sanqi, Kusao, Pinellia, Zhonglou, and Marigold. Affected by the drought, this industry will bring about a reduction in production and increase the cost, so the whole drought is continuing to intensify. The cultivation of our entire industry and the income of the masses will surely be affected according to the current situation.

According to industry sources, in addition to natural disasters, speculators are also a major reason for prices of Chinese herbal medicines. From the production areas of Chinese herbal medicines to the consumer cities, multi-level dealers carry out cargo collection and increase prices at various levels. Some buyers are stationed in production areas all year round, and they buy shots at the right time. Some speculators once purchased 500,000 yuan worth of Cordyceps sinensis at a price of 100,000 yuan per kilogram. After selling for 4 months, they made a net profit of nearly 150,000 yuan, and the profit was as high as 50%.

A pharmacist pharmacist Wang Jie: On the one hand, the price increase is due to less source resources. On the other hand, there are still speculators speculating, and some funds are hoarding these Chinese herbal medicines, making this price increase.

Medicinal farmers are eager for price stability This spring, when the reporter interviewed the “natural drug store,” Suichang County, Weinan City, Gansu Province, they captured the local farmers who were busy laying films, planting seeds, planting seedlings, and busy fields everywhere. During the interview, the reporter learned that their biggest wish in this year's spring plough is that the market price can be relatively stable and can achieve order planting. In Zicui Village, Awu Township, Suichang County, druggist Li Zongxian and his father Li Yousheng are busy planting Angelica seedlings in their own fields. Li Zongxian told reporters that although a few acres of Chinese medicinal materials such as Chinese angelica and Astragalus were planted at home, the harvest and income were not good due to market instability and the impact of diseases and insect pests.

Li Zongxian, farmer and farmer, Xidi Village, Awu Township, Suichang County, Weinan City, Gansu Province: (Reporter: What is the type of land in your house?) 6 acres of land. The kinds of Chinese angelica, yellow peony, and rhubarb are the kinds of artichoke they eat. (Reporter: What about economic income like Chinese herbal medicine?) Economic income is also normal.

The jaundice that Li Zongxian’s family harvested last year has not yet gotten the market to sell. It is actually a helpless move. The reporter learned that despite the abundant resources of local Chinese herbal medicines in Suichang, due to the lack of necessary market information and orders for agriculture, Chinese herbal medicines are lacking in the professional market for sales. Farmers grow Chinese herbal medicines like “stocks”. There is a lot of risk.

Li Zongxian, farmer and farmer in Xidi Village, Awu Township, Suichang County, Weinan City, Gansu Province: I hope the government can provide us with information and can sell at a good price. The medicinal herbs produced don't want to wait for rising prices and reselling them each year. If they sell them at a lower price, they will not be able to sell them for a price, and they will lose money one year at a time. We hope that the government will have a stable price and then there will be a fixed purchase.

How Chinese herbal medicine prices go out of the great ups and downs Chinese herbal medicines belong to special agricultural and sideline products. They are the traditional Chinese medicines for the treatment of traditional Chinese medicine. They have also become important resources that many countries compete for. The stability of the market price of Chinese herbal medicines is directly related to the income of medical peasants, the medical burden of patients and the inheritance and development of Chinese traditional culture. With the price stability problem that drug farmers are looking forward to, the “Major Trends” section interviewed Zhou Wangjun, Deputy Director of the Price Division of the National Development and Reform Commission.

Zhou Wangjun, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission’s Price Department: We can use the price index to guide farmers to plant Chinese herbal medicines reasonably by publishing information. Don't blindly plant, don’t grow much and don’t grow less, not as it does now. Years and one year less, ups and downs, soaring and plunging; In the further evolution of the market links in the flow of traditional Chinese medicine, so that income more inclined to the cultivation of Chinese herbal medicine farmers, rather than being down by the middle of the company, to increase the price Very high, the peasants did not get any benefit.

In July 2011, the National Development and Reform Commission deliberately hoarded Chinese herbal medicines for some Chinese herbal medicine operators, resulting in tight market supplies and a sharp increase in prices. At the same time, remind all Chinese herbal medicine operators to take warnings, be honest and trustworthy in accordance with the law, and maintain a fair market order. They must not illegally accumulate prices for Chinese herbal medicines. Those who do not listen to warnings and continue to hoard stocks will be severely punished according to law and resolutely cracked down. We must not allow the stockists to economically make up for it.

Zhou Wangjun, deputy director of the price division of the National Development and Reform Commission: We must improve the legal system and resolutely crack down on and punish those illegal acts that are deliberately speculation, such as buying, selling, and selling, so as to safeguard the stability of the market, safeguard the interests of the peasants, and ensure the peasants’ Can be collected normally.

At the same time, Zhou Wangjun said that he could not expect problems and that we would fight again. Illegal hoarding would end our punishment. This is not the purpose of law enforcement. Future reforms should be conducted after the advance of the processing to advance supervision, and establish a price alert mechanism.

Zhou Wangjun, Deputy Director of the Price Division of the National Development and Reform Commission: Through the symmetry of our information, the transparency of our government work is increased to guide enterprises and guide producers and operators to enable them to abide by the law rather than wait until they violate the law and punish him again. This is contrary to the purpose of law enforcement and the purpose of legislation. The government needs to strengthen supervision and release information to guide market expectations. Then the price index is a best attempt to guide market expectations.

Chinese herbal medicine market has a "barometer"

In June of this year, the National Association of Development and Reform Commission organized a review panel for the preparation of Chinese herbal medicine price index. This indicates that the Chinese herbal medicine price index is about to enter the official operating stage. The index is also the first national herbal medicine price index compiled by private enterprises.

Zhou Wangjun, deputy director of the price division of the National Development and Reform Commission: The pricing behavior of the People's Republic of China this year should be under the jurisdiction of the Price Division. Then we entrust Kang Mee to compile the Chinese herbal medicine price index. It is authoritative, above the coverage, at the price. The quality and the nature of science are all different from other markets.

The price index of Chinese herbal medicines was based on the price index of Puning Chinese herbal medicines and was introduced into the market prices of large Chinese medicinal materials such as Bozhou, Anhui, and Anguo, Hebei, which are highly scientific, reasonable, and representative.

Kang Mei Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Ma Xingtian: We are looking for the grassroots, the most basic is the grower, including the acquisition of drug dealers, including the use of medicinal herbs and food plants, including the retail market of traditional Chinese medicine and our information experts together Explore and study the entire preparation of our price index for Kangmei China's Chinese herbal medicines.

Liu Chuangao, Research Institute of China National Institute of Standardization: The Chinese herbal medicine price index, which brings to the market a solution to the problem of information asymmetry, also helps the government provide some more rationality in the process of market supervision. Means and necessary technical support.

Since 2009, the National Development and Reform Commission has actively promoted price administrations, industry associations, and representative enterprises in various regions to lay out price indices for the production of important agricultural and sideline products, production materials, and necessities for residents, and to create a price index for important goods and services. team". At present, in addition to the price index for Chinese herbal medicines, the Chinese iron ore price index was released in September 2011. Dozens of price indices such as rice, corn, most of them, timber, sucrose, vegetables, pigs, cotton, tourism, oil and gas are all being compiled.

Zhou Wangjun, deputy director of the price division of the National Development and Reform Commission: We are now building a new price system. If it is completed in the future, we can have a basic valuation of all the country's agricultural and sideline products, and its supply has an evaluation. After that, the demand of each city between supply demand and demand for each species of each city must be able to be open and transparent in information, and be released to the farmers and the whole society for supervision of the whole society. This is information transparency. The important aspect.

As a "business card" for the world to understand China, the Chinese medicine industry is gradually moving toward the international market and becoming an effective carrier for industrial output and cultural output. Faced with this round of price hikes in Chinese herbal medicines, we should strengthen the guidance of market price information, increase the transparency of price formation and the right to discourse in the international market, and promote the profound and profound Chinese traditional medicine to go global.