What is the business scope of medical herbal therapy preparations?

At present, my country's industrial and commercial registration and medical supervision system does not have a separate special business scope of "medical herbal therapy preparations". Practitioners need to be affiliated to the corresponding compliance categories according to the actual attributes and usage scenarios of the preparations they operate. The core categories covered range from pharmaceutical operations, medical device sales to daily necessities sales. It all depends on what you are selling.

Many people who are new to this industry are prone to fall into pitfalls. I made a joke two years ago when I helped a friend who runs a community health care center run a business license. At that time, he thought that his main business was medical-grade herbal fumigation packs and post-operative cold compresses, and wanted to directly add "sales of medical herbal therapy preparations" to his business scope. As a result, the staff at the government affairs window called back directly and said that there was no such category at all, and he had to classify the samples he brought one by one. In his batch of samples, the herbal cold compress used to reduce edema in post-operative patients was a Class II device, so he had to add the category of "Sales of Class II medical devices" and additional business registration was required. ； The herbal medicated oil that the restaurant prepares for customers' shoulder and neck care is under the makeup brand. It can be classified as "cosmetic retail, health care services (non-medical)" and does not meet the medical-related qualification requirements. ； At that time, he also wanted to sell the herbal cough preparations from the cooperative traditional Chinese medicine hospital. The staff directly said that he had to apply for a drug business license first. Otherwise, even if it was dispensed by a regular hospital, he could not just sell it for takeout. He also specifically reminded him that if the product itself does not have medical-related qualifications, no matter how many herbal ingredients are added, the word "medical" cannot be casually used in the promotion. Otherwise, even if the business scope is filled in correctly, it may be punished as false advertising.

There are actually different opinions on this current situation in the industry. Many friends who are engaged in the research and development of medical herbal preparations complain that these products are neither traditional Chinese medicine pieces nor ordinary daily chemicals. They are scattered in different categories and the regulatory standards are not unified. Sometimes the production and circulation requirements of products with the same formula are very different between mechanical and cosmetic brands. Consumers are also easily confused by all kinds of publicity. Many people call for a separate special business scope to clarify the boundaries.； However, the regulatory concerns are also very real. After all, the concept of "herbal" is too broad. Many products on the market now dare to claim the popularity of "medical herbs" just by adding some plant extracts. If a separate category is created, it will be easily used by unscrupulous merchants as a marketing gimmick, and it will be easier to mislead consumers. If you really plan to do this business, the safest way is to go to the local market supervision bureau and health department with all the samples and qualification documents you plan to operate. Don't blindly fill in the business scope in online tutorials, otherwise it will be easy to step on the red line of operating beyond the scope.