Five widely used Chinese traditional medicines(TCMs) for treating cough have been found to have ahigh sulfur content, the Economic Information Dailyreported on last Friday.
據《經濟參考報》上周五報導，5種常見的中醫止咳藥被檢測出有較高的硫磺含量。
The scandal involved well-known Chinesepharmaceutical companies Taiji Group (Tai ChiGroup), Tongyao Pharmaceutical Group, HarbinPharmaceutical Group and Yunnan Baiyao Group. Sofar, the companies have not responded to theaccusation.
中國著名藥企如太極團體、通藥團體、哈藥團體、雲南白藥團體等或涉個中。停止發稿，這些藥企均未對此作出回應。
The paper attributed the contamination to sulfur-fumigated Thunberg Fritillary Bulb, a rawmaterial widely used in cough TCMs to clear away heat, reduce phlegm, and moisten lungs.
《經濟參考報》指出，硫磺熏浙貝是造成止咳藥含有硫磺的重要緣故原由。浙貝母是一種普遍用於止咳藥中的中藥材，用來清熱化痰、潤肺止咳。
A tipster surnamed Bai told the paper that sulfur-fumigated Thunberg Fritillary Bulb was veryharmful to human health.
爆料人白師長教師接收《經濟參考報》采訪時表現，硫磺熏過的浙貝對人體傷害極大。
At the end of last year, Bai bought five popular cough TCMs online and had them examined byXi'an Guolian Quality Inspection Technology Corp, a third-party institution, finding sulfur in allthe medicines.
客歲底，他網購了5種常見的止咳化痰藥品，並送到第三方機構--西安國聯質量檢測技巧株式會社舉行檢測，成果發明全部送檢藥品中均含有必定的硫磺。
Generally speaking, TCMs should not contain sulfur, but the content of sulfur in the five underscrutiny ranged from 0.1g to 0.6g per 100g of medication, the paper said, citing an inspectorsurnamed Zhong.
《經濟參考報》援用檢測賣力人鐘某的話稱，一樣平常來講，制品藥的身分中不該湧現“硫”身分，而這5種止咳藥中每100克制品藥的硫磺含量居然高達0.1-0.6克 (即最高千分之六的比例)。
All tests had been conducted in accordance with China's national food safety standard, thepaper said. However, as Xi'an Guolian is not an official pharmaceutical inspection institution,the results have yet to be approved by regulators.
《經濟參考報》指出，上述5種止咳藥的硫磺含量檢測都是根據國度食物平安尺度舉行的。然則，因為西安國聯並非我國官方醫藥檢測機構，是以該檢討成果有待官方進一步確認。
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