Traditional Chinese medicine health care should also follow the doctor's advice

With the rapid development of China's economy, people's quality of life has also been greatly improved, and health care has increasingly become the focus of attention.

The analysis report on the market prospect and investment planning of China's health care products industry from 2021 to 2026 released by the prospective industry research institute shows that the industry growth rate will remain at least about 4% in the next five years, and the industry market scale will be about 517.8 billion yuan in 2026. Among them, traditional Chinese medicine health products are an important part. The market share of traditional Chinese medicine health products exceeded 90 billion yuan in 2019, and showed an increasing trend year by year. In this context, some health products businesses do not hesitate to use illegal means in order to make huge profits.

Credulous and false propaganda will harm others and yourself

"The propagandist told me that this medicine contains valuable medicinal materials such as Ganoderma lucidum and saffron, which is good for my health. However, after eating for several years, my body did not alleviate significantly, and my blood sugar was also high. Finally, I suffered from cerebral thrombosis." Zhou Xingjun, a 66 year old from Beijing, told the reporter of legal person. He told reporters that in a traditional Chinese medicine health preservation activity, he was exposed to the so-called "traditional Chinese medicine health care products", which could not be collected at one time, and finally almost paralyzed in bed.

Recalling the experience of being cheated four years ago, Zhou Xingjun was still a little afraid. "In a store, a person claiming to be a health instructor told more than 30 elderly people, including me, 'all diseases are eaten out. If you want to live a long life, you have to eat them back'." With a feverish mind, Zhou Xingjun bought products worth more than 100000 yuan at one go, and even encouraged his friends to "health care". In the following years, he did not listen to the doctor's advice and replaced antihypertensive drugs and lipid-lowering drugs with the so-called "traditional Chinese medicine health care products", which eventually led to stroke. Thanks to the timely rescue, the risk of lying in bed was avoided.

In fact, there are not a few old people like Zhou Xingjun who buy health care products. In 2019, the National Commission on aging issued the Research Report on the protection of the consumption rights and interests of the elderly in China, which shows that among the industries that most often infringe on the consumption rights and interests of the elderly, the health products industry ranks first.

In 2019, according to the survey data of Beijing Sunshine consumption big data research institute, 61.1% of respondents said that the purchase of health products was affected by advertising; 48.92% of the respondents said that the purpose of purchasing health care products was to enhance their physique and improve their quality of life; 41.95% of the respondents said they wanted to buy it when they saw others buy it; 38.44% of the respondents said they bought it because of the suggestions of friends or family; 34.5% of the respondents said that they bought according to the recommendation of the sales staff of the drugstore; 30.48% of the respondents said that they bought according to the advice of doctors or pharmacists.