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Five widely used Chinese traditional medicines (TCMs) for treating cough have been found to have a high sulfur content, the Economic Information Daily reported on Friday.

据《经济参考报》5月6日报道，5种常见的止咳药被检测出较高的硫磺含量。

The scandal involved well-known Chinese pharmaceutical companies Taiji Group (Tai Chi Group), Tongyao Pharmaceutical Group, Harbin Pharmaceutical Group and Yunnan Baiyao Group. So far, the companies have not responded to the accusation.

中国知名药企如太极集团、通药集团、哈药集团、云南白药集团等或涉其中。截至发稿，这些药企均未对此作出回应。

The paper attributed the contamination to sulfur-fumigated Thunberg Fritillary Bulb, a raw material widely used in cough TCMs to clear away heat, reduce phlegm, and moisten lungs.

《经济参考报》称，硫磺熏浙贝是造成止咳药含有硫磺的主要原因。浙贝母是一种广泛用在止咳药中的中药材，以清热化痰、润肺止咳。

A tipster surnamed Bai told the paper that sulfur-fumigated Thunberg Fritillary Bulb was very harmful to human health.

爆料人白先生告诉《经济参考报》，硫磺熏过的浙贝对人体危害极大。