Henan Provincial Food & Drug Administration has listed over 49 kinds of drugs involved in illegal advertising to the local departments for industry and commerce for punishment and the well-known Chinese medicine brand Tong Ren Tang has been included in the list.

HPFDA said that four types of medicines made by Beijing Tong Ren Tang's pharmaceutical factories, including the capsule for quenching thirst and lowering sugar levels, Dou Liang Wan, Xin Fang Rhinitis Capsule and Prostate Shule Capsule were all involved in publishing illegal advertisements.

In addition, Fufang Shouwu Dihuang Wan made by Jilin Xiuzheng Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd.; San Tong Shu Pian made by Yunnan Panlong Yunhai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd; and Fufang Qinghao Pen Wu Ji by Kunming Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd were also published on the blacklist.

According to Chinese media, in the past six years, a total of 37 kinds of Tong Ren Tang medicines were suspected of releasing illegal advertisements by exaggerating medicines' functions and even making fake approval serial numbers.