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TCM keeps astronauts healthy

By Wang Jian in Nanchang and Shi Jing in Shanghai | China Daily | Updated: 2016-12-02 06:56

While the country was excited by the successful return of the Shenzhou XI manned spacecraft to Earth, Shenlingcao - a healthcare food containing a traditional Chinese medicine recipe and produced by Jiangzhong Group - attracted its own kind of widespread attention because it went up into space to maintain the health of the astronauts.

Shenlingcao consists of ginseng, lingzhi mushroom, cordyceps sinensis and rose. It was developed by China's leading over-the-counter pharmaceutical company, Jiangzhong Group, to enhance the astronauts' immunity during their training and space trips. In the long run, the group plans to make the product available to retailing distribution channels, so that consumers can use it to enhance their health, said Zhong Hongguang, chairman of Jiangzhong Group.

TCM keeps astronauts healthy

Because space food is subjected to special conditions during space flight such as microgravity and radiation, it must achieve much higher production requirements. To meet them the company installed advanced automatic equipment from Germany and Switzerland at its own production line for Shenlingcao.

TCM keeps astronauts healthy

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