ISO/TC 249 - Traditional Chinese medicine

This document specifies the particular requirements for the basic safety and essential performance of roller-type dermal needles for single use. It applies to roller-type dermal needles that have the capacity to penetrate the skin. It specifies structure and dimension, materials, and performance requirements for appearance and cleanliness, corrosion resistance, sterility, packaging and identification, transit and storage of roller-type dermal needles. It does not apply to tapping-type dermal needles or reusable roller-type dermal needles.

This document specifies the particular requirements for the basic safety and essential performance of tapping-type dermal needles for single use. It applies to tapping-type dermal needles that have the capacity to penetrate the skin. It specifies structure and dimension, materials, and performance requirements for appearance and cleanliness, corrosion resistance, sterility, packaging and identification, transit and storage of tapping-type dermal needles. It does not apply to roller-type dermal needles, reusable tapping-type dermal needles or devices incorporating a detachable tapping head.

This document specifies the minimum quality and safety requirements of Sinomenium acutum stem [the dried lianoid stem of Sinomenium acutum (Thunb.) Rehd. et Wils. and Sinomenium acutum (Thunb.) Rehd. et Wils. var. cinereum Rehd. et Wils.]. This document applies to Sinomenium acutum stem that is sold and used as natural medicines in international trade, including Chinese materia medica (whole medicinal materials) and decoction pieces derived from these plants.

This document aims to specify a categorial structure in the field of disorder representation in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) by defining a set of domain constraints for use within terminological resources. It contains a concept detailing the domains of four subcategories: body parts, causative agents, pathological process and manifestation. This document does not include: — a comprehensive categorial structure for TCM; — a treatment procedure for TCM; — relevant devices; — terms or descriptions for subcategories of body parts, causative agents, pathological process or manifestation.

This document specifies the minimum requirements and test methods for Codonopsis pilosula root derived from the plant of Codonopsis pilosula (Franch.) Nannf. It is applicable to Codonopsis pilosula root that is sold as Chinese materia medica (whole medicinal materials) and decoction pieces derived from this plant.

This document specifies minimum requirements and test methods for Bupleurum chinense, Bupleurum scorzonerifolium and Bupleurum falcatum root. This document applies to Bupleurum chinense, Bupleurum scorzonerifolium and Bupleurum falcatum root that are sold and used as natural medicines in international trade, including Chinese materia medica (whole medicinal materials) and decoction pieces.

This document specifies the minimum requirements and test methods for white peony root derived from the plant of Paeonia lactiflora Pallas. It is applicable to white peony root that is sold as Chinese materia medica (whole medicinal materials) and decoction pieces derived from this plant. It is not applicable to red peony root.

This document specifies the method for the determination of benzopyrene content in processed natural products. It is applicable to processed natural products such as processed Rehmannia root, processed Cyperus rhizome, processed ginseng and processed mume fruit. It is not applicable to the analysis of minerals used in traditional Chinese medicine.

This document specifies the general requirements of herbal decoction apparatus with design pressures less than 0,1MPa. It includes both hermetic and non-hermetic decoction apparatus. This document is applicable to herbal decoction apparatus for individual herbal formula prescriptions and for commercial use as well as private use. It also applies to the decocting part of the integrated apparatus of decoction and package.

This document specifies general requirements for manufacturing procedures and quality and safety assurance of granules and compactates made from traditional Chinese medicine extracts or powder for oral use. This document excludes granules or compactates made from pure compounds (chemically defined) even if they are isolated as naturally occurring constituents of decoction pieces or crude herbal and mineral drugs.

This document specifies the general requirements for configuration, materials, performance and safety requirements of moxibustion devices. It also specifies the minimum requirements for moxibustion materials used in moxibustion devices. It is applicable across a wide range of moxibustion devices that use moxa floss as the main combustion material and can remain on or over the body throughout the moxibustion process. It is applicable to moxibustion devices for both single and repeated usage. This document does not apply to devices that imitate moxibustion, such as electro-moxibustion and infrared moxibustion devices that do not involve the use of moxa floss. It also does not apply to moxa floss used in direct moxibustion.

This document specifies the basic terminology of pulse diagnostic methods, the key elements of pulse and pulse condition. Each term of pulse diagnosis includes the English name, the classical Chinese characters and its definition.

This document specifies the basic terminology and classification of tongue diagnostic methods. Each term of tongue diagnosis includes the English name, the classical Chinese characters and its definition. The classification structure of tongue diagnosis terms is shown in Figure 1.

This document specifies the quality and safety requirements of Zingiber officinale rhizome derived from the plant Zingiber officinale Roscoe, including the minimum requirements and test methods. This document applies to Zingiber officinale rhizome that is sold and used as natural medicines in international trade, including Chinese materia medica (whole medicinal materials) and decoction pieces derived from this plant. It is not applicable to Zingiber officinale rhizome sold and used as food or spices.

This document specifies test methods to determine microorganisms in natural products. It is applicable only to natural products used in traditional Chinese medicine, including raw materials, herbal pieces and preparations.

This document specifies the quality and safety requirements of Glehnia littoralis root, which is derived from the plant Glehnia littoralis Fr Schmidt ex Miq. This document applies to Glehnia littoralis root that is sold and used as natural medicine in international trade, including Chinese materia medica (whole medicinal materials) and decoction pieces derived from this plant.

This document specifies the general requirements and test methods for herbal raw material and materia medica. This document provides minimum requirements for those herbal materials that are not covered by individual standards.

This document specifies minimum requirements and test methods for processed Aconitum carmichaelii lateral root (lateral root of Aconitum carmichaelii Debx.). This document applies to processed Aconitum carmichaelii lateral root that is sold and used as natural medicines in international trade, including Chinese materia medica (whole medicinal materials) and decoction pieces derived from this plant. Processing methods of Aconitum carmichaelii lateral root are excluded.

This document specifies a method for using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) to determine the presence of aristolochic acid I in natural products.

This document specifies requirements and test methods for laser acupoint devices. This document is not applicable to carbon-dioxide-type lasers. In the case of combined devices, it is applicable only to the laser features.

This document specifies general requirements within a quality control framework for raw materials and finished products used in and as traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and derivative forms, and the comparison between the starting materials and the finished products, if necessary.

This document specifies requirements for identity testing within a quality control framework for raw materials and finished products used in and as traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and derivative forms. It is applicable to natural products used in TCM, including starting materials and finished products of herbal origin.

This document provides a referenced entry-level implementation template for traditional Chinese medicine decoction piece prescriptions based on HL7 CDA® Release 2.0 to support the data collection, transmission, storage and exchange of decoction piece prescriptions for electronic records. This document focuses on the description of core data of traditional Chinese medicine decoction piece prescriptions which constitute the 'medication administration' section of the clinical document body. This document does not specify the detailed content of the clinical document header or other sections and entries of the clinical document body.

This document specifies the determination method of sulfur dioxide in natural products used in traditional Chinese medicine, which includes the requirements of the device, chemicals, operational procedures and formula. It is applicable to natural products of traditional Chinese medicine, including Chinese materia medica (whole medicinal materials) and decoction pieces derived from plants or animals. It is not applicable to minerals used in traditional Chinese medicine.

This document specifies the performance criteria of peripheral visual instruments in the computerized tongue image analysis system (CTIS), including colour reproduction, distortion and resolution.

This document specifies the requirements for the glass cupping device applying negative pressure created by a heat source placed in its inner cavity. This document includes the requirements for configuration, material, performance, packaging and labelling, as well as appropriate test methods. This document applies to single-use and multiple-use glass cupping devices. This document does not apply to the air extraction cupping device covered by ISO 19611.

This document specifies the minimum requirements and test methods for Lycium barbarum and Lycium chinense fruit, which is derived from the plant of Lycium barbarum L. or Lycium chinense Mill. It is applicable to Lycium barbarum and Lycium chinense fruit that is sold and used as herbal raw materials in the international trade, including unprocessed and traditionally processed materials.

This document specifies the methods for the determination of aflatoxins (AFB1, AFB2, AFG1, AFG2) in natural products using LC-FLD. It is applicable to the analysis of aflatoxins in raw materials and manufactured products, including decoction pieces derived from plants and animals.

This document specifies the general storage requirements for raw materials and decoction pieces. It is applicable to the storage of raw materials and decoction pieces used in traditional Chinese medicine.

This document specifies methods for the determination of the selected Aconitum alkaloids, including aconitine, mesaconitine, hypaconitine, benzoylaconine, benzoylmesaconine, benzoylhypaconine, yunaconitine, deacetyl-yunaconitine and crassicauline A.

This document specifies the method of determination of pesticide residues in natural products used in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) by gas chromatography (GC), including Chinese materia medica (whole medicinal materials) and decoction pieces derived from plants.

This document specifies the methods for microscopic examination of medicinal herbs. It covers the equipment, sampling, preparation and observation methods. This document is applicable to medicinal herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine, including Chinese materia medica (whole medicinal materials) and decoction pieces derived from plants. It is not applicable to medicinal materials derived from animals or minerals.

This document specifies a method using photostimulated luminescence (PSL) to detect the radiation status of natural products. It can be used to identify whether raw and traditionally processed Chinese medicinal materials and solid forms of manufactured product made from these materials have been irradiated by ionizing radiation (gamma, X-ray or beam). It is not applicable for use in testing liquid dosage forms or partially solid extracted dosage forms that do not contain directly crushed medicinal materials.

This document specifies general requirements for electrical heating moxibustion equipment. It is not applicable to infrared moxibustion equipment covered by ISO 20493 and smokeless moxibustion devices covered by ISO 21366.

This document specifies the safety requirements for the thread-embedding acupuncture needle. It is applicable to only the needle part of thread-embedding acupuncture needles and excludes medical thread.

This document specifies the colour character and appearance of the colour chart used in a computerized tongue image analysis system (CTIS). This document excludes diagnostic or clinical comparison to the colour chart.

This document defines terms for the theory, technology and methods of Chinese Materia Medica processing. It is not applicable to Kampo medicine.

This document specifies the application, in the context of traditional Chinese medicine practice, of medical waveform format encoding rules (MFER) to pulse condition waveform as measured in physiological laboratories, hospitals, bed-wards, pharmacies, clinics, community health centres and home care check-ups using pulse condition devices.

This document specifies an information model within the field of Chinese materia medica processing. It defines a set of domain constraints of sanctioned characteristics, each composed of a relationship and an applicable information model. This model aims at representing the concepts applicable to Chinese materia medica processing in the making of decoction pieces. This document is not applicable to Japanese traditional Kampo medicine.

This document specifies the quality and safety requirements of Astragalus mongholicus root [root of Astragalus membranaceus (Fisch.) Bge. var. mongholicus (Bge.) Hsiao]. This document applies to Astragalus mongholicus root that is sold and used as natural medicine in international trade, including Chinese materia medica (whole medicinal materials) and decoction pieces derived from this plant.

This document specifies the whole manufacturing process of Chinese materia medica products by defining a set of domain constraints of sanctioned characteristics, each composed of a relationship and an applicable categorial structure. It includes three process categories: processing, extracting and preparation. This document is not applicable to Japanese traditional KAMPO medicinal products.

This document specifies the general requirements for basic safety and essential performance of electric radial pulse tonometric devices. This document does not apply to the accuracy of differential diagnosis or interpretation of the diagnostic data obtained from the use of such devices. This document applies to pressure-based radial pulse tonometric devices.

This document specifies minimum requirements and test methods for Angelica sinensis root that is derived from Angelica sinensis (Oliv.) Diels. It is applicable to Angelica sinensis root that is sold and used as a natural medicine in international trade, including Chinese materia medica (whole medicinal materials) and decoction pieces derived from this plant.

This document aims to specify categorial structures in the field of decoction. This document describes a concept system detailing domain constraints of sanctioned characteristics, each composed of a semantic link and applicable characterizing categories. The following topics are out of scope of this document: — models of decoction pieces; — the specification of categorial structures for the representation of post or manufacturing processes of decoction such as packaging; — individual pharmaceutical, medicinal products or herbal substances. This document is applicable to terminological systems/resources.

This document provides a reference of single herbal medicines in order of their priority in the development of international standards.

This document defines the classification rules and coding scheme for traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) data sets. It is applicable for investigation and management of TCM data resources as well as the description, integration, publication, index and retrieval of the TCM data sets. This document excludes the Kampo medicine .

This document specifies the requirements and test methods for therapeutic fumigation devices, hereafter referred to as the device. This document does not apply to decoction pieces.

This document establishes the core classification framework for the integration of clinical terms from traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and Western medicine. This structure supports terminology integration in standardized electronic medical records, including professional clinical terms in TCM and Western medicine. Non-technical terms for electronic medical records are also included.

This document specifies a test method for characterizing the corrosion resistance of single-use acupuncture needles intended for use in electro-acupuncture treatment. This document is applicable only to testing of acupuncture needles that conform with ISO 17218. This document does not specify pass/fail criteria. Also, it is not intended to provide safety information for real clinical practice.

This document specifies general requirements to ensure the performance and safety of smokeless moxibustion devices. It covers smoke density, moxibustion temperature, noxious gas and test methods for smokeless moxibustion devices. This document is applicable to any combustion-type device that claims to provide smokeless moxibustion. This document does not apply to devices that imitate moxibustion, such as electro moxibustion and infrared moxibustion devices.