Genre-based comparison of package inserts of Chinese materia medica and medicine produced in US / 中草药

The package insert is an important source of drug information which plays a critical role in guiding patients taking the medicine. Package inserts of 60 over-the-counter (OTC) oral drugs produced in the US and OTC oral traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) were collected respectively in order to compare their macrostructure and contents. The results show that there are more moves in package inserts of TCM while the contents of those US drugs are more detailed and complete. The results further deepen the understanding of package inserts as a genre and contribute to the improvement of package inserts of TCM.