First, conceptual differences.
health foods
Also known as functional food. A special kind of food. It claims to have the function of regulating body functions, preventing the occurrence of certain diseases or improving physical fitness, but it does not aim at treating diseases, and only has a certain auxiliary function.
Suitable for specific people to eat, generally with a specified amount of food. For oral use only, it will not cause any acute, subacute or chronic harm to human body. Therefore, some health care products containing traditional Chinese medicine can only use Chinese herbal pieces approved by the state that can be used for health care products, and cannot contain toxic Chinese herbal pieces.
Drugs and chemical reagents
Refers to substances used to prevent, treat and diagnose human diseases, purposefully regulate human physiological functions, and specify indications or functional indications, usage and dosage.
Including Chinese herbal medicines, Chinese herbal pieces, Chinese patent medicines, chemical raw materials and their preparations, antibiotics, biochemical drugs, radioactive drugs, serum, vaccines, blood products and diagnostic drugs.
Generally speaking, it is not suitable for long-term or large-scale use, and even some drugs may have adverse reactions. In addition, health food can only be taken orally, while drugs can be used by injection and daubing. Drugs generally need to be used under the guidance of a doctor or pharmacist. Chinese patent medicines and Chinese herbal pieces are suggested to be treated according to syndrome differentiation to ensure the safety of medication.
Second, the difference between advertising
Health food advertisement
Health food advertisements shall not contain the following contents:
1, indicating the assertion or guarantee of efficacy and safety;
2, involving disease prevention and treatment functions;
3. claiming or implying that the advertised goods are necessary to protect health;
4. Compared with medicines and other health foods;
5. Use advertising spokespersons to recommend and prove;
6. Other contents prohibited by laws and administrative regulations.
The advertisement of health food should clearly indicate that "this product cannot replace medicine".
Functions of health food approved by the state
1, enhancing immunity
2. Assist in lowering blood lipid
3. Assist in lowering blood sugar
4. Antioxidant activity
5. Help improve memory
6. Relieve visual fatigue
7. Promote lead emissions
8. Clear throat
9. Help lower blood pressure
10, improve sleep.
1 1, promoting lactation.
12, relieve physical fatigue
13, improve hypoxia tolerance.
14, with auxiliary protection function of radiation hazards.
15, reducing fat
16, promoting growth and development
17, increase bone mineral density.
18, improving nutritional anemia
19, the auxiliary protective effect on chemical liver injury
20, acne
2 1, remove chloasma
22, improve skin moisture
23, improve skin oil.
24, regulating intestinal flora
25, promote digestion
26, laxatives
27. It has auxiliary protective effect on gastric mucosal injury.
Note: It is illegal to exaggerate health promotion beyond the above 27 functions!
Regulations on the administration of over-the-counter advertising
(Prescription drugs must not be advertised in the mass media)
OTC and the suggestion of "Please purchase and use according to the drug instructions or under the guidance of pharmacists" must be marked in the OTC advertisement. It must also indicate the generic name of the drug, the approval number of drug production, contraindications, the approval number of drug advertisement, the name of the drug manufacturer and the name of the advertiser.
The following conditions shall not occur:
1, which contains unscientific assertions or guarantees about the efficacy of drugs, such as diseases, and uses inappropriate forms of expression to make the public worry or fear unnecessarily about their health status and diseases, or to make the public misunderstand that drugs that are not advertised will suffer from certain diseases or aggravate their diseases;
2. Exaggerate or mystify the functional efficacy of drugs;
3. Commitment to "safety" and "no toxic side effects"; 4, in violation of scientific laws, express or implied cure for all diseases, applicable to all symptoms.
Third, the approval number difference
Health food approval number
agree with
department
National food and medicine
General administration of supervision and management
Provincial food and drug
Supervision and management departments for the record
Family health food
Shiguo Zhu Jian G+4 digit chronological number +4 digit serial number.
Food hygiene preparation G+4-digit year number +2-digit provincial administrative region code +6-digit serial number.
Imported health food
Shiguo Zhu Jian J+4-digit chronological number +4-digit serial number
J+4 digit serial number +00+6 digit serial number of Shijian North
Since 20 17, China's health food has implemented a dual-track system of registration and filing. Each health food approval number or filing number can only correspond to one product. If consumers find that an approval number corresponds to multiple products on the market, they must be careful!
Consumers can log on to the "Data Inquiry" column of the website of China Food and Drug Administration (www.cfda.gov.cn) to inquire about the real situation of products.
Drug approval number
(1) National Medicine Standard H(Z, S)+ 8 digits, where H stands for chemicals, Z stands for traditional Chinese medicine and S stands for biological products.
(2) China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Province Medical Product Registration Certificate has the format of H(Z, S)+8 digits, where H stands for chemicals, Z stands for traditional Chinese medicine and S stands for biological products.
(3) J+ 8 digits of quasi-Chinese characters in imported drug packaging.
(4) The certificate number format of the Import Drug Registration Certificate is H(Z, S)+ 8 digits, where H stands for chemicals, Z stands for traditional Chinese medicine and S stands for biological products.
Fourth, identify differences.
1, health food must be marked with "Little Blue Hat".
2. OTC drugs must be marked. Drugs with the approval number of National Medicine without OTC mark are all prescription drugs and must be used under the guidance of a doctor.
Although China has a strict supervision system for drug advertisements, illegal advertisements are pervasive and hard to prevent! 20 17, 12, 15, China Food and Drug Administration issued a notice on 10 false health food advertisement.
I hope this tweet can help you distinguish between health food and medicine, don't trust the contents of advertisements such as TV and newspapers too much, and beware of the trap of "health products".
Finally, please remember: any false and exaggerated propaganda claiming to be harmless and cure all diseases is not credible! Health food is not a medicine, and it cannot replace medicine. If used to treat diseases, it may delay the illness.
The safest thing is to find a doctor when you are sick and a pharmacist when you take medicine!
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