Chinese Medicine Division

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)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Suspected illegal possession of unregistered proprietary Chinese medicines and sale of Part I poison by registered Chinese medicine practitioner (11 April 2013)
• Letter to Chinese Medicines Practitioners from Department of Health: Update on Cases of Human Infection with Avian Influenza A(H7N9) (Chinese version only) (5 April 2013)
• Letter to Chinese medicines traders associations and Chinese medicines traders from Department of Health：Update on Cases of Human Infection with Avian Influenza A(H7N9) (Chinese version only) (5 April 2013)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Suspected illegal possession of Part I poisons and antibiotics by a Chinese medicine practitioner (2 April 2013)
• Letter to Chinese medicine practitioner associations from Department of Health：Three human cases of H7N9 in Shanghai and Anhui (Chinese version only) (2 April 2013)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Suspension of enquiry hotline service of Chinese Medicine Division under Department of Health (28 March 2013)
• Letter to Chinese medicine practitioner associations from Department of Health：World Health Day 2013 – Hypertension – the Silent Killer – Preventable and Treatable (Chinese version only) (20 March 2013)
• Alert on Aconitum Alkaloid Poisoning (15 March 2013)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of western-drug-tainted proprietary Chinese medicine (with photos) (5 March 2013)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of proprietary Chinese medicines with failed microbial limit (with photo) (22 February 2013)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Four unregistered proprietary Chinese medicines recalled (with photos) (22 February 2013)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Suspected case of aconitum alkaloid poisoning under DH investigation (8 February 2013)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of proprietary Chinese medicines with undeclared aconitum alkaloids (with photos) (5 February 2013)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of unregistered proprietary Chinese medicines (with photo) (25 January 2013)
• Letter to Chinese medicine practitioner associations from Department of Health: Updated Reporting criteria for Severe Respiratory Disease associated with Novel Coronavirus (Chinese version only) (22 January 2013)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of unregistered proprietary Chinese medicines (with photos) (16 January 2013)
• Change of Label and Package Insert of a proprietary Chinese medicine【Po Chai Pills】Po Chai Pills Bottle Form (16 January 2013)
• News of influenza (14 January 2013)
• Letter to Chinese medicine practitioner associations from Department of Health: News of Influenza (Chinese version only) (14 January 2013)
• Press Release of Department of Health: DH investigates case of aconitum alkaloid poisoning (4 January 2013)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of Chinese herbal medicine contaminated by solanaceous alkaloids (2 January 2013)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Suspected case of Cushing's syndrome with history of taking medicines prescribed by a Chinese Medicine Practitioner (31 December 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of lead-tainted proprietary Chinese medicine (with photo) (31 December 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Results of Hong Kong Chinese Materia Medica Standards (Phase V) announced (31 December 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: DH investigates confirmed case of solanaceous alkaloid poisoning (28 December 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of Chinese herbal medicine contaminated by the Aristolochiaceae family of plants (7 December 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of lead-tainted proprietary Chinese medicine (with photo) (4 December 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: International meeting on Hong Kong's Materia Medica Standards held in Hong Kong (3 December 2012)
• Latest update on a case of solanaceous alkaloid poisoning (30 November 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: WHO Working Group meets in Hong Kong to discuss traditional medicine strategy (with photo) (27 November 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: DH investigates a confirmed case of solanaceous alkaloid poisoning (23 November 2012)
• Alert on aconitum alkaloid poisoning (12 November 2012)
• Alert on herbal medicine poisoning (12 November 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of lead-tainted proprietary Chinese medicine (with photo) (8 November 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of mislabelled Chinese herbal medicine (with photo) (1 November 2012)
• Alert on Scorpio adverse event (31 October 2012)
• Address Amendment Notice of Chinese Medicines Section, Chinese Medicine Division of Department of Health (24 October 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of unregistered proprietary Chinese medicines supplied by Pure Health (with photos) (18 October 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Further recall of mercury-tainted proprietary Chinese medicines (17 October 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of unregistered proprietary Chinese medicine supplied by Kin Lik Trading Company Limited (with photo) (11 October 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of mercury-tainted proprietary Chinese medicine (with photo) (10 October 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of lead-tainted proprietary Chinese medicine (with photo) (10 October 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of Western drug-tainted proprietary Chinese medicines (with photos) (8 October 2012)
• Letter to Chinese medicine practitioner associations from Department of Health：Case of Severe Respiratory Disease associated with Novel Coronavirus (Chinese version only) (Revised on 5 October 2012)
• Recommendations on Infection Control for Novel Coronavirus - Chinese medicine clinic (Chinese version only) (5 October 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of proprietary Chinese medicine with failed microbial limit (with photo) (3 October 2012)
• Letter to Chinese medicine practitioners from Centre for Health Protection：Severe Respiratory Disease associated with Novel Coronavirus has been included in the Prevention and Control Disease Ordinance (Cap 599) (Chinese version only) (27 September 2012)
• Letter to Chinese medicines traders associations and Chinese medicines traders from Department of Health：Case of Severe Respiratory Disease associated with Novel Coronavirus (Chinese version only) (27 September 2012)
• Alert on herbal medicine poisoning (27 September 2012)
• FDA Drug Safety Communication: Rare cases of serious burns with the use of over-the-counter topical muscle and joint pain relievers (14 September 2012)
• Letter to Chinese Medicines Traders from Department of Health：(To Wholesalers of Chinese herbal medicines) Related to the source of imported processed herbal medicines (Chinese version only) (12 September 2012)
• Letter to Chinese Medicines Traders from Department of Health：(To Manufacturers of proprietary Chinese medicines) Related to the source of imported processed herbal medicines (Chinese version only) (12 September 2012)
• Letter to Chinese Medicines Traders from Department of Health：(To Wholesalers of proprietary Chinese medicines) Related to the source of imported processed herbal medicines (Chinese version only) (12 September 2012)
• Letter to Chinese Medicines Traders from Department of Health：(To Retailers of Chinese herbal medicines) Related to the source of imported processed herbal medicines (Chinese version only) (12 September 2012)
• Letter to Chinese Medicines Practitioners from Department of Health: Illegal practice of manufacturing processed herbal medicines in China (Chinese version only) (11 September 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Caution on unregistered proprietary Chinese medicines (31 August 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of unregistered proprietary Chinese medicines supplied by Shun Hing Hoo Medicine Powder (24 August 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: DH investigates suspected case of aconitum alkaloid poisoning (18 June 2012)
• Alert of unregistered proprietary Chinese medicine (4 June 2012)
• Safe use of proprietary Chinese medicines (31 May 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of two chromium-tainted proprietary Chinese medicines (with photos) (25 May 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Total recall of proprietary Chinese medicines in capsule dose form imported by Kin Lik Trading Company Limited (with photos) (24 May 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Suspected illegal supply of Western medicine by Chinese medicine practitioner (with photo) (22 May 2012)
• Safe use of proprietary Chinese medicines (17 May 2012)
• Safe use of proprietary Chinese medicines (14 May 2012)
• Alert on herbal medicine poisoning (11 May 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: WHO Collaborating Centre for Traditional Medicine designated in Hong Kong (with photos) (9 May 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Total recall of mercury-tainted proprietary Chinese medicine (with photo) (8 May 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: World Health Organization launches Western Pacific regional strategy for traditional medicine (with photos) (7 May 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Total recall of proprietary Chinese medicines in capsule dose form by Hong Kong Medicine Manufactory (7 May 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of chromium-tainted proprietary Chinese medicines (with photo) (6 May 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: DH investigates a suspected case of aconitum alkaloid poisoning (4 May 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: WHO holds technical meeting on classification of traditional medicine in Hong Kong (with photo) (2 May 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Total recall of processed Radix Aconiti Lateralis (with photo and list of suppliers affected (Chinese only)) (28 April 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Alert of unregistered Western-drug-tainted proprietary Chinese medicine (with photo) (27 April 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Alert on case of death suspected to be related to aconitum alkaloid poisoning (27 April 2012)
• Safe use of proprietary Chinese medicines (13 April 2012)
• Safe use of proprietary Chinese medicines (12 April 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of improperly labelled proprietary Chinese medicine (with photo) (27 March 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Suspected Illegal supply of prescription western drug by a Chinese medicine practitioner (with photos) (20 March 2012)
• Recall of proprietary Chinese medicine with failed microbial limit (9 March 2012)
• Alert on overdosage of Radix Aconiti Lateralis (6 March 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of heavy metal-tainted and drug-tainted proprietary Chinese medicines (with photos) (5 March 2012)
• Alert of Unregistered proprietary Chinese medicines (2 March 2012)
• Alert of Western-drug-tainted proprietary Chinese medicine (28 February 2012)
• Alert on herbal aconitum alkaloid poisoning (24 February 2012)
• Letter to Chinese Medicines Traders from Department of Health：Commencement of the Undesirable Medical Advertisements (Amendment) Ordinance 2005 (22 February 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Suspension of use of Chinese herb mislabelled as "Flos Campsis" (with photos) (3 February 2012)
• Letter to Chinese Medicines Traders from Department of Health : Suspension of Providing Declaration of Flavouring Agents for Orally Consumed Proprietary Chinese Medicine Products (Chinese version only) (19 January 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Alert on aconitum alkaloid poisoning (13 January 2012)
• Letter to Chinese Medicine Traders from Department of Health : Arrangement for processing application of Proprietary Chinese Medicine Import and Export Licence with effective from 1 Feb. 2012(Chinese version only) (09 January 2012)
  - Guidelines for application of Proprietary Chinese Medicine Import and Export Licence with effective from 1 Feb. 2012(Chinese version only)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Warning on orally consumed product containing banned and undeclared Western drug ingredients (with photo) (23 December 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Warning on slimming product with banned and undeclared drug ingredients (with photo) (20 December 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Caution against two unregistered proprietary Chinese medicines (with photos) (10 December 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Alert on herbal aconitum alkaloid poisoning (9 December 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: International meeting on Hong Kong's Chinese herb standards commences (with photo) (6 December 2011)
• Summary of laboratory results of drug samples related to Chan Kwok-wing (6 December 2011)
• Safe use of Chinese Medicines (5 December 2011)
• Announcement in the Public Interest of provisions on label and package insert for proprietary Chinese medicine (1 December 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Requirements for labelling and package inserts of proprietary Chinese medicines to take effect from December 1 (30 November 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of Qing Yin Wan (with photo) (30 November 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: DH investigating suspected case of Cushing's syndrome with history of taking medicines prescribed by Chan Kwok-wing (30 November 2011)
• Alert on Chinese medicine adulterated with undeclared western medicines (30 November 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Illegal supply of unregistered drugs (with photos) (28 November 2011)
• Caution against medicinal products purchased from an unlicensed shop in Kwun Tong (25 November 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: National Institutes for Food and Drug Control to participate in Hong Kong's materia medica standards project (with photo) (22 November 2011)
• Letter to Chinese Medicine Practitioners from Department of Health: Illegal Supply of Prescription Western Medicine by Chinese Medicine Practitioner (15 November 2011)
• The Department of Health made a public announcement last week (Oct 7) about a product named Cardiotium which is being recalled from customers by its wholesaler, Ocean Pharmaceutical (HK) Limited ("Ocean"). Ocean has set up a hotline (Tel.: 2508 1248) and a location for members of the public to return Cardiotium. The address of the location is as follows: Flat / Rm 801-802, 8/F Ginza Square, 565-567 Nathan Road, Kowloon.
• The Department of Health made a public announcement last week (Oct 7) about a product named Cardiotium which is being recalled from customers by its wholesaler, Ocean Pharmaceutical (HK) Limited. Members of the public may submit the recalled products to Department of Health's Chinese Medicine Division at 16/F, Two Landmark East, 100 How Ming Street, Kwun Tong, Kowloon during office hours for disposal.
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of Western-drug-tainted proprietary Chinese medicine (7 October 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of Western-drug-tainted proprietary Chinese medicine (with photo) (27 September 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of drug-tainted proprietary Chinese medicine (with photo) (1 September 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of adulterated fake proprietary Chinese medicine (with photo) (16 August 2011)
• Test result on plasticisers of 16 Taiwan “Sheng Foong Brand” products (12 August 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of heavy metal-tainted proprietary Chinese medicines (with photos) (10 August 2011)
• Information about Premier's patrons with concerned Radix Aucklandiae herbal powder (9 August 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Caution against atropine-tainted Chinese herbal powder (with photo) (8 August 2011)
• Additional information related to the incident of product recall of Luen Wing Chinese Medicine Manufacture Company Limited (4 August 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Voluntary Recall of Chinese medicines (3 August 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of proprietary Chinese medicines manufactured by Luen Wing Chinese Medicine Manufacture Company Limited (2 August 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Caution against four contaminated proprietary Chinese medicines (1 August 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of five proprietary Chinese medicines due to quality issue (12 July 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of proprietary Chinese medicine found to contain excessive lead (5 July 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Herbal aconitum alkaloid poisoning alert (30 June 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of arsenic-tainted proprietary Chinese medicine (with photo) (24 June 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Suspected poisoning due to tropane alkaloids tainted Chinese medicinal herb (18 June 2011)
• Letter to Chinese Medicines Traders from Department of Health: Declaration of the origin of flavouring agent in products in oral preparation (Chinese version only) (2 June 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of six pharmaceutical products related to the DEHP incident (with photos) (1 June 2011)
• Letter to Chinese Medicines Traders from Department of Health: DEHP (Di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate) and DINP (diisononyl phthalate) (Chinese version only) (1 June 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: FEHD and DH take measures to follow up on plasticiser contamination incident in Taiwan (with photos) (30 May 2011)
• Letter to Chinese Medicines Practitioners from Department of Health: DEHP (Di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate) and DINP (diisononyl phthalate) (Chinese version only) (30 May 2011)
• Letter to Chinese Medicines Traders from Department of Health: DEHP (Di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate) and DINP (diisononyl phthalate) (Chinese version only) (30 May 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Further safety alert on contaminated Rhizoma Atractylodis (16 May 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Poisoning due to tropane alkaloids tainted Chinese medicinal herb (13 May 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of mercury-tainted proprietary Chinese medicine (with photo) (6 May 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Suspected poisoning case linked to Chinese medicinal herb (20 April 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of proprietary Chinese medicine found to contain excessive lead (with photos) (19 April 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of proprietary Chinese medicine found to contain excessive arsenic (with photo) (18 April 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of a proprietary Chinese medicine with excessive pesticide residues (with photo) (6 April 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Taiwan's China Medical University to participate in HK's Chinese herb standards project (with photo) (30 March 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: WHO holds technical meeting on classification of traditional medicine in Hong Kong (with photo) (30 March 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Cluster of poisoning cases from mislabelled Chinese herb investigated (16 March 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Precautionary recall of proprietary Chinese medicine found by Macau to have excessive lead (with photo) (15 March 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Immediate suspension of use of mislabelled Chinese herb "Flos Campsis" (with photos) (12 March 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of two unregistered drugs (with photos) (10 March 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Results of Hong Kong Chinese Materia Medica Standards (Phase III) announced (15 February 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Suspected contamination of Chinese herbal powder (with photo) (15 January 2011)
• Leakage from bottle cap found in a proprietary Chinese medicine named Colsulin Cough Mixture (Batch number: 00087) (4 January 2011)
• Advice against use of a product named "Nature's Vital Milk Thistle" (29 December 2010)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of proprietary Chinese medicine Golden Tower Super Hun Kwan Powder (with photo) (14 December 2010)
• Press Release of Department of Health: International meeting on Hong Kong's Chinese herb standards (with photo) (6 December 2010)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Mandatory registration of proprietary Chinese medicines to take effect from December 3 (2 December 2010)
• From December 3, all proprietary Chinese medicines must be registered before being imported and sold in Hong Kong. The registration number should be printed on the product’s label or packaging. The import, sale or possession of unregistered proprietary Chinese medicines is an offence. For details, please visit the Chinese Medicine Council of Hong Kong website at www.cmchk.org.hkor call a hotline at 2319 5119.