The Chinese Pharmacopoeia is the official compendium of drugs in China, compiled by the Pharmacopoeia Commission of the Ministry of Health. It provides standards for purity, description, testing, dosage, precautions, storage and strength for both traditional Chinese and Western medicines. The Pharmacopoeia has been published in editions every 5-10 years since its first publication in 1953, with the latest edition being the 10th published in 2015. It contains over 2,600 monographs describing traditional Chinese and modern Western drugs. The Pharmacopoeia is recognized by the World Health Organization as the official compendiary standard for drugs in China.

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2. INTRODUCTION
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3. Actually,Chinese pharmacopoeia(ChP) is also known as pharmacopoeia of the republic of china
(PPRC)
Compiled by the pharmacopoeia commission of the Ministry of Health of the Peoples Repuplic
of China
Is an official compendium of drugs ,covering traditional Chinese and western mediciences
Which includes information on the standards of purity , description , test , dosage , precaution ,
storage , and the strength for each drug
Recognised by the World Health Organization as the official Chinese pharmacopoeia
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4. CONTENTS
1. Content
2. History
3. Refrences
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5. 1. Content
 It Comes in four volumes for both the Chinese and the English version
a) Volume –I ; Traditional Chinese Medicine
b) Volume – ii; Chemical Medicine
c) Volume –iii ; Biological Preparations
d) Volume –iv ; General Rules and Common Inactive Ingridients
 Vol- I contains monograohs of Chinese material medica ( a genus of flowering plants ) , Chinese
traditional patent medicine ,single ingredient of Chinese crude drug preparation
 Vol-ii deals with monographs of chemical drugs ,antibiotic ,biochemical preparation ,
radiopharmaceuticals and excipients for pharmaceutical use
 Vol-iii contains biological products
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6. 2.History
In 1950 , the Pharmacopoeia committee fromed by Ministry of Health of China to formulate it
And in 1953 first edition of Chinese pharmacopoeia was issused
And Chinese pharmacopoeia of 1997 of both version either English or Chinese consists two
volume . They are ;
1.vol-I : herbal medicine
2. vol-ii : western medicine
And third volume was added in 2005
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7. 3.Refrences
World Health Organization ,index pharmacopoeias 2004
Conservation online
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8. UPDATE
Latest edition of Chinese pharmacopoeia is Pharmacopoeia of the peoples Repulic of China
Upto now there are ten editions of it has been pulished
It started published since 1953 although committee was formed in 1950
First update of it was made in 1963 at the interval of ten years
And second update was done in 1977 at the interval of fourteen years
Then third update was done in 1985 at interval of eight years
And then after udate is done in every five years
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9. • 1953 – 1963 1977 – 1985
1990 -
1995
2000 -
2005
2010 -
2015
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10. ADVANTAGES
It contains total of 2691 monographs , 992 for traditional Chinese medicines and 1699 for
modern western drugs
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11. •THANK YOU
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