Chinese Medicine Division

Hong Kong Chinese Materia Medica Standards Volume 5 has been published in Dec 2012
WHO designated the CMD as the Collaborating Centre for Traditional Medicine in Hong Kong

What's New

List of proprietary Chinese medicines with label or package insert not comply with Chinese Medicines Regulation (16 May 2013)
Letter to Chinese medicine practitioner associations from Department of Health：Latest Situation on Severe Respiratory Disease associated with Novel Coronavirus (Chinese version Only) (14 May 2013)
Press Release of Department of Health: Further recall of two proprietary Chinese medicines with failed microbial limit (with photos) (13 May 2013)
Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of mislabelled Chinese herbal medicine (10 May 2013)
Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of proprietary Chinese medicines with failed microbial limit (with photos) (9 May 2013)
Letter to Chinese medicine practitioner associations from Department of Health：Latest Situation on Human Infection with Avian Influenza A (H7N9) Virus and Severe Respiratory Disease associated with Novel Coronavirus (Chinese version Only) (7 May 2013)
Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of mercury-tainted proprietary Chinese medicine (with photo) (7 May 2013)
Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of improperly labelled proprietary Chinese medicine (with photos) (26 April 2013)
Letter to Chinese medicine practitioner associations from Department of Health：Updated Reporting Criteria for Cases of Human Infection with Avian Influenza A(H7N9) (Chinese version only) (26 April 2013)
Press Release of Department of Health: Fourth WHO Working Group Meeting on Traditional Medicine Strategy held in Hong Kong (with photo) (24 April 2013)