Lotus leaf is in the list of items that are both medicine and food published by the Ministry of Health, so it can be added to food, and all items that can be used as food can be added to health food, but items that can be used as health food may not be used in food. Send you a list, which contains a list of dual-use items, a list of items that can be used as health food, and a list of prohibited items for health food.

Notice of the Ministry of Health on Further Standardizing the Management of Health Food Raw Materials

Wei Fa Jian Fa [2002] No.51

Attachment 1 List of articles that are both food and medicine.

(in stroke order)

Clove, star anise, sword bean, fennel, thistle, yam, hawthorn, purslane, zaocys dhumnades, dark plum, papaya, hemp seed, flower generation, Polygonatum odoratum, licorice, angelica dahurica, ginkgo biloba, white lentils, longan, cassia seed, lily, nutmeg, cinnamon and Phyllanthus emblica. Semen Pruni, Flos Lonicerae, Fructus Canarii Albi, Herba Houttuyniae, Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens, Fructus Hoveniae, Fructus Lycii, Fructus Gardeniae, Fructus Amomi, Boat-fruited Sterculia, Poria, Fructus Citri Grandis, Semen Persicae, Folium Mori, Mulberry, Orange, Radix Platycodonis, Fructus Alpinae Oxyphyllae, Lotus Leaves, Raphani Seeds and Semen Persicae.

Annex 2 List of Available Items of Health Food

(in stroke order)

Ginseng Radix, Ginseng Folium, Ginseng Fructus, Notoginseng Radix, Rhizoma Smilacis Glabrae, Cirsium japonicum, Fructus Ligustri Lucidi, Corni Fructus, Radix Cyathulae, Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae, Rhizoma Chuanxiong, Cornu Cervi Pantotrichum, Red Deer, Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae, Cortex Acanthopanacis, Fructus Schisandrae Chinensis, Cimicifugae Rhizoma, Radix Asparagi, Rhizoma Gastrodiae, Radix Pseudostellariae, Radix Morindae Officinalis, Radix Aucklandiae, Equisetum,

Annex 3 List of Prohibited Items in Health Food

(in stroke order)

Dysosma versicolor, Lysimachia christinae, Euphorbia Euphorbia, Aristolochia, Scolopendra, Radix Aconiti, Radix Stephaniae Tetrandrae, Mulberry Leaves, Semen Strychni, Polygoni Multiflori Radix, Buckwheat, Croton Croton, Mercury, Catharanthus roseus, Radix Kansui, Rhizoma Arisaematis, Rhizoma Pinelliae, Rhizoma Typhonii, Stellera Stellata, Caulis Akebiae, Nongjili and Rhizoma Anemarrhenae. Mao Dujuan, Derris, Digitalis, Datura flower, Petunia, Arsenic (white arsenic, red arsenic, arsenic), Kusnezoff monkshood root, Cortex Periplocae, Peganum harmala, Podophyllum, mangrove, iron bar, lily of the valley, and one branch on the snow.