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.
The announcement shows: "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.
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Taxus rumors:
Taxus chinensis, also known as Taxus chinensis, is a precious plant on the verge of extinction. As a national first-class protected tree species, it has important medicinal value. At present, it is mainly used to extract and prepare anticancer drugs.
Many folk people think that wild yew is the treasure of the whole body, saying that the bark and fruit of yew are used for making wine and the leaves of yew are used for making tea; Using the trunk of Taxus chinensis to make water cups, Buddha statues and furniture can prevent and treat cancer.
Life Times interviewed Li Peiwen, the chief physician of the Department of Oncology of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine in China and Japan Hospital, and Ma Liping, a professor from guangxi university of chinese medicine, on October 7, 2010, and refuted this rumor. In fact, the extraction process of taxol anticancer substances contained in Taxus chinensis is very complicated and the processing procedure is very strict. Moreover, "paclitaxel" is completely insoluble in solvents such as water and alcohol, so boiling water and soaking wine with yew has no anticancer effect.
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