Hong Kong academics patent method to verify herbal
medicine's quality
Patent just the tonic for Hong Kong
academics: Three academics at Baptist
University - assistant professor Dr Han Quanbin, associate professor Dr Chen
Hubiao and Dr Xu Jun, senior research assistant at the university's school of
Chinese medicine - have invented a convenient and low-cost method to
efficiently authenticate the body-strengthening Chinese herbal medicine tiepi
shihu. The novel authentication method has been granted a patent by the
United States Patent and Trademark Office and is being used by a Chinese
medicine company in Hong Kong.
Tiepi shihu (Latin name Dendrobium officinale Kimura et
Migo) nourishes the stomach, supplements bodily fluids, helps tonify
yin, clears heat and strengthens the immune system. Due to its scarcity,
the tiepi shihu found in the market may be mixed with other
species of shihu or may even be counterfeit.
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