Chinese herbal medicines have suffered price cuts during the noon-buying season, with a drop of around 20%.

“Oh, the price of Chinese herbal medicines has dropped!” The public once saw a bit of excitement after seeing drug prices. On November 5th, the reporter visited a number of drugstores in Ningbo. It was learned that after two years of rampant surges, the retail prices of Chinese herbal medicines began to generally fall in this year's fall/winter nourishing season, with a drop of around 20%.

The price of Chinese herbal medicines dropped

"Really dropped!" During the visit, the reporter asked about the price of Chinese herbal medicines. Most pharmacy salespersons answered this question.

It is understood that, like the more common Chinese herbal medicine honeysuckle, the retail price dropped from 5.68 yuan to 4.27 yuan per 10 grams, angelica dropped from 1.15 yuan to 0.9 yuan per 10 grams, Codonopsis 10g dropped from 3.01 yuan to 2.67 yuan. After the calculations were made, the decline was really not small, reaching nearly 20%.

Astragalus and white chrysanthemums have a greater decline. Huangqi (birth) drops from 1.51 yuan to 1.02 yuan per 10 grams, and white chrysanthemums cost 1.54 yuan per 10 grams. The current price is 1 yuan, and the rate of decline is about 30%.

The price of Chinese herbal medicines in the Four Ming Dynasty Pharmacy, Shou Quan Zhai, and ordinary people's pharmacies was a drop in noise. Wang Ming, deputy general manager of Siming Grand Pharmacy said in an interview: “We have about 670 varieties of Chinese herbal medicines here, and about 30% of them have already been reduced in price. Among them, Codonopsis, Panax notoginseng, and Astragalus have a big drop. ."

The reporter learned that the national price index for the Chinese herbal medicine market has been in July so far, and the index has dropped by more than 400 points from around 2900. Due to the large drop, it will begin to affect the retail market in the near future. According to the monitoring data released on the latest (October 30th) of Chinese herbal medicines, the price of 537 kinds of medicinal materials monitored was 195, accounting for 36% of the total, of which the most significant decline was in tonics. The highest drop has reached more than 50%.

The downward trend in prices is expected to continue

In the interview, the reporter saw that there are quite a few citizens who take the prescription to the pharmacy to catch medicine. “At this time last year, the price of Chinese herbal medicines rose too much. At that time, there was no way. I had to buy a western medicine top.” The citizen’s grandmother told reporters that her body is not good enough to be inseparable from traditional Chinese medicine all year round. She very much hopes “ The medicine jar can be lighter.

Autumn and winter is the season for sales of medicinal herbs. So, may the price of Chinese herbal medicines continue to decline? Talking about the price trend, many people in the industry believe that if unexpected situations do not occur, it is expected that the downward trend of Chinese herbal medicine prices will continue. In the interview, the deputy general manager of the Four Ming Grand Pharmacy said that apart from the fact that some of the larger quantities of Chinese herbal medicines may have picked up slightly, the price of bulk medicinal herbs should go further.

According to industry sources, previously stimulated by high prices, drug farmers gathered and put into cultivation, and a substantial increase in production led to an increase in the supply of medicinal herbs, which in turn prompted price reductions. (