What does GAP mean?

Chinese herbal medicine is a biological resource taken from nature. Predatory collection and blind expansion have caused many species to be endangered, and the authenticity of medicinal materials is difficult to guarantee, which has seriously affected the quality of Chinese herbal medicine products and the development of Chinese herbal medicine industry. At present, the production of Chinese herbal medicines in China is still at a relatively backward level, and the quality of Chinese herbal medicines is far from the requirements of the international market, which cannot meet the needs of important modernization. The production of Chinese herbal medicines has a very important influence on the production and scientific research of pharmaceutical factories. The urgent task is to change the current production status of Chinese herbal medicines, change traditional concepts, enhance quality awareness and standardization awareness, and fundamentally ensure the quality of Chinese herbal medicines, decoction pieces and Chinese patent medicines. GAP said that the standardization, standardization and scientific planting of Chinese herbal medicines should be vigorously promoted, so that the quality of Chinese herbal medicines is "safe, effective, stable and controllable", and the contents of pesticide residues and heavy metals meet the standards of green Chinese herbal medicines, which is of great significance to meet the requirements of domestic and foreign markets for Chinese herbal medicines "stable varieties and internal quality, stable authentic origin, standardized planting and production, and sustainable supply". 1。 To improve the scientific and technological content and implement the branding of Chinese herbal medicines, the traditional Chinese herbal medicines are mostly in the form of mountain products, with rough packaging, more groceries, unknown origin and processing methods, which can be described as simple and extensive, and the quality is generally unstable, which seriously affects the application of Chinese herbal medicines. Only by implementing GAP, standardizing the sources of Chinese herbal medicines, improving the quality standards of Chinese herbal medicines and ensuring the quality of Chinese herbal medicines through standardized, large-scale and intensive production can the brand of Chinese herbal medicines be realized; Only in this way can the enterprise develop into a high-tech enterprise with strong international competitiveness and obtain good market benefits through the industrialized production of modern Chinese medicine. Only by relying on modern Chinese medicine brands can Chinese medicine go abroad and enhance its competitiveness in the international market. 2。 Realizing the controllability of the production of medicinal materials and traditional Chinese medicines, ensuring the product quality, implementing GAP, and standardizing the production of high-quality, controllable and pollution-free traditional Chinese medicines are the basis for ensuring the "safe, effective, stable and controllable" drug quality. GAP is the basis for China to implement good manufacturing practice (GMP), good manufacturing practice (GSP), good manufacturing practice (GLP) and good manufacturing practice (GCP). Without GAP, GMP of proprietary Chinese medicines, GLP and GCP of new drug research and development, and GSP of drug supply will all disappear. GAP is the source of research, production, development and application of traditional Chinese medicine. Only by strictly observing GAP and obtaining stable, uniform and controllable medicinal materials can we ensure the quality of products and fundamentally solve the problems of quality and modernization of traditional Chinese medicine. 3。 Reasonable selection of planting conditions to ensure the authenticity of medicinal materials is of great significance in the implementation of norms. The content of the same medicinal material from different habitats varies greatly. Therefore, planting bases and seeds should be selected on the basis of traditional authentic medicinal materials and modern scientific research. In addition, under the guidance of TCM theory, we should highlight the characteristics of TCM syndrome differentiation and treatment, fully reflect the authenticity of medicinal materials, maintain traditional advantages and ensure the best curative effect. 4。 Manual standardized planting of Chinese herbal medicines ensures stable supply of raw materials through demand control and macro-control of output according to market demand, which can not only reduce the pressure on wild resources, pay equal attention to utilization and protection, but also ensure high-quality and stable supply of raw materials, and avoid market confusion caused by unstable output, resulting in shortage of some varieties and backlog of some varieties. Standardized cultivation can provide stable and high-quality raw materials for the production of high-quality modern Chinese medicine. 5。 Change the scattered planting form of medicinal materials, promote agricultural industrialization, establish a pollution-free GAP production base for Chinese medicinal materials, and take company+farmer, company+contractor (or branch)+farmer, government (official)+company+farmer, merchant (commercial medicinal materials business enterprise)+farmer, company (pharmaceutical enterprise)+leased land+agricultural workers, company+farm in combination with the adjustment of agricultural structure in rural areas. Fully mobilize the enthusiasm of farmers, rationally integrate and develop local resources, combine politics, research, commerce and agriculture, form an industrial pattern of research, production, supply and marketing, promote agricultural industrialization, intensification and scale, and establish a GAP production base for Chinese herbal medicines to meet the needs of pharmaceutical enterprises and medical undertakings.