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Problems of UTnypreegsuolfaCtheedmHicearlbmalaDrkreurgs s

Case (1):

 Substitution is believed to have been due to the Genuine

similarity of the Chinese common name: FANG JI

Aristolochia fangchi (guang fang ji) and Stephania Adulterant
tetrandra (fangji ).

 This followed the more than 100 cases of renal
failure in Belgium associated with a weight-loss
product that mistakenly contained a species of

Aristolochia instead of Stephania which is an

importantherbwithgoodanti-inflammatoryactivity.

GUAN FANG JI