The Ministry of Health prohibits the use of Taxus chinensis as health food and food raw materials, and it is necessary to be cautious when using Taxus chinensis fruit to soak wine.

Taxol contained in Taxus chinensis can inhibit the growth of tumor cells, and this element may have a certain inhibitory effect on tumors when it reaches a certain dose concentration in the body. However, scientific research shows that yew is very toxic. If there is no doctor's guidance, long-term consumption may have serious side effects such as inhibiting bone marrow hematopoietic function and leukopenia.

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As early as 2006, the former Ministry of Health (now the National Health Planning Commission) had clearly stipulated that Taxus chinensis was prohibited from being used as health food and food raw materials.

Article: "Taxus chinensis is very toxic. If there is no doctor's guidance, long-term consumption may have serious side effects such as inhibiting bone marrow hematopoietic function and leukopenia. "

In order to ensure food safety, the announcement reminds consumers not to eat yew or foods containing yew ingredients, and it is strictly forbidden for food production and business units to produce and operate foods containing yew ingredients.

After consulting the relevant scientific literature, it is also found that the taxol anticancer substances contained in Taxus chinensis must be extracted by professional equipment and scientific process of professional pharmaceutical factories. Taxol is completely insoluble in water, alcohol and other solvents, so people are used to boiling water and soaking wine with yew, which has no anticancer effect.

The food and drug supervision departments of many provinces and cities solemnly remind the majority of food production enterprises: "Business households such as bulk liquor, restaurants and farmhouses are not allowed to produce and operate food (health food) containing yew ingredients. Anyone who drinks and sells wine with Taxus chinensis fruit will stop operating and selling and immediately withdraw from the market. "

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