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  "title": "The Medicines (Aristolochia and Mu Tong etc.) (Prohibition) Order 2001",
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  "long_title": "This Order prohibits the sale, supply, and importation, of any medicinal product for human use which—consists of or contains a plant belonging to a species of the genus Aristolochia or belonging to any of the species—Akebia quinata, Akebia trifoliata, Clematis armandii, Clematis montana, Cocculus laurifolius, Cocculus orbiculatus, Cocculus trilobus, Stephania tetrandra, or an extract from such a plant; oris presented as consisting of or containing Mu Tong or Fangji, a plant belonging to any of the species Akebia quinata, Akebia trifoliata, Clematis armandii, Clematis montana, Cocculus laurifolius, Cocculus orbiculatus, Cocculus trilobus, Stephania tetrandra, or an extract from such a plant.",
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