The Cabinet-level Department of Health (DOH) is putting out a book on the main substances found in herbs that are used in Chinese medicine. The book is intended to be a reference for the pharmaceutical industry as well as for health-food producers.
Lin I-hsin (林宜信), chairman of the Committee on Chinese Medicine and Pharmaceuticals under the DOH, said yesterday that the book gives clear descriptions of the main substances in 59 kinds of herbs that are commonly used in Chinese medicine.
According to Lin, there are 297 kinds of herbs frequently used in Chinese medicinal formulas.
The committee has also invited researchers in Chinese medicine to produce extracts of the main substances of various herbs. Pharmaceutical companies and health-food manufacturers may purchase the extracted substances from the Industrial Development Bureau (IDB).
Statistics compiled by the Industrial Technology Intelligence Services (ITIS) indicate that the international market for remedial herbs continues to grow and that the market's value for this year is estimated to be US$23 billion.
The ITIS says that the domestic market for remedial herbs is estimated to be worth between NT$15 billion and NT$25 billion.
The market for traditional Chinese medicine accounts for 7 percent of the total and the market for scientifically-formulated medicine accounts for 13 percent of the total.
Four factors led to the declaration of a typhoon day and the cancelation of classes yesterday, Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安) said. Work and classes were canceled across Taiwan yesterday as Typhoon Krathon was forecast to make landfall in the southern part of the country. However, northern Taiwan had only heavy winds during the day and rain in the evening, leading some to criticize the cancelation. Speaking at a Taipei City Council meeting yesterday, Chiang said the decision was made due to the possibility of landslides and other problems in mountainous areas, the need to avoid a potentially dangerous commute for those
SEMICONDUCTORS: TSMC is able to produce 2-nanometer chips and mass production is expected to be launched by next year, the company said In leading-edge semiconductor manufacturing China is behind Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) by at least 10 years as the Taiwanese chipmaker’s manufacturing process has progressed to 2 nanometers, National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) Minister Wu Cheng-wen (吳誠文) said yesterday. Wu made the remarks during a meeting of the Legislative Yuan’s Education and Culture Committee when asked by Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Wu Pei-yi (吳沛憶) about a report published in August by the Chinese version of Nikkei Asia that said Taiwan’s lead over China in chip manufacturing was only three years. She asked Wu Cheng-wen if the report was an accurate
PRO-CHINA SLOGANS: Two DPP members criticized police officers’ lack of action at the scene, saying that law enforcement authorities should investigate the incident Chinese tourists allegedly interrupted a protest in Taipei on Tuesday held by Hong Kongers, knocked down several flags and shouted: “Taiwan and Hong Kong belong to China.” Hong Kong democracy activists were holding a demonstration as Tuesday was China’s National Day. A video posted online by civic group Hong Kong Outlanders shows a couple, who are allegedly Chinese, during the demonstration. “Today is China’s National Day, and I won’t allow the displaying of these flags,” the male yells in the video before pushing some demonstrators and knocking down a few flagpoles. Radio Free Asia reported that some of the demonstrators
China is attempting to subsume Taiwanese culture under Chinese culture by promulgating legislation on preserving documents on ties between the Minnan region and Taiwan, a Taiwanese academic said yesterday. China on Tuesday enforced the Fujian Province Minnan and Taiwan Document Protection Act to counter Taiwanese cultural independence with historical evidence that would root out misleading claims, Chinese-language media outlet Straits Today reported yesterday. The act is “China’s first ad hoc local regulations in the cultural field that involve Taiwan and is a concrete step toward implementing the integrated development demonstration zone,” Fujian Provincial Archives deputy director Ma Jun-fan (馬俊凡) said. The documents
RSS