# ISO/TS 21310:2020 — Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards For ISO/TS 21310:2020, item title is Traditional Chinese medicine — Microscopic examination of medicinal herbs; status code is 9599; successor is ISO/TS 21310:2025; withdrawn / published date is 2020-07-15, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05. - **Identifier:** ISO/TS 21310:2020 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Item title:** Traditional Chinese medicine — Microscopic examination of medicinal herbs _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Status code:** 9599 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Successor:** ISO/TS 21310:2025 - **Withdrawn / published date:** 2020-07-15 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ ## What the source says > 70514,TS,,ISO/TS 21310:2020,Traditional Chinese medicine — Microscopic examination of medicinal herbs,Médecine traditionnelle chinoise — Examen microscopique des herbes médicinales,2020-07-15,1,['11.120.10'],ISO/TC 249/SC 1,9599,,[89767],['en'],10,"

This document specifies the methods for microscopic examination of medicinal herbs. It covers the equipment, sampling, preparation and observation methods. This document is applicable to medicinal herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine, including Chinese materia medica (whole medicinal materials) and decoction pieces derived from plants. It is not applicable to medicinal materials derived from animals or minerals.

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