Chinese herbal medicine planting

We should pay attention to the key links such as whether the planting environment is suitable, whether the planting technology is mastered, and whether the market risk can be tolerated. We must not be blind!

1. Is the planting environment suitable?

Although there are many kinds of Chinese herbal medicines, there are not many Chinese herbal medicines that are really worth planting. Some Chinese herbal medicines with high planting efficiency, such as ginseng, gastrodia elata, codonopsis pilosula, coptis chinensis, etc. Generally, it is extremely strict with the environment, and can only grow in special areas with cool climate, good vegetation, suitable lighting, abundant rainfall, moist soil and high organic matter content. It is difficult or even impossible to grow in other areas.

2, master the planting technology

There are great technical differences between planting Chinese herbal medicines and planting food crops. The first is to plant Chinese herbal medicines, which not only pays attention to output, but also pays more attention to quality. Therefore, Chinese herbal medicines must be planted in an ecological environment suitable for their growth, choose soil with high organic matter content, apply farm manure as much as possible, and apply less chemical fertilizers and pesticides.

Secondly, most Chinese herbal medicines are collected from rhizomes, so cultivated land generally requires deep and loose soil layers to facilitate planting and excavation. Third, many Chinese herbal medicines, such as codonopsis pilosula and angelica sinensis, secrete some special substances in the soil during their growth, which is not conducive to the growth of the next crop.

3. Is the market risk tolerable?

Compared with planting food crops, planting Chinese herbal medicines is more risky in the market. Chinese herbal medicines are mostly propagated by rhizomes, with a large amount of seeds per unit area and a long growth cycle. Generally, it takes two years or more, which requires a lot of labor and relatively large investment, especially in the early stage of development.

History of Traditional Medicine in China

The invention and application of traditional Chinese medicine has a long history in China, with a unique theoretical system and application form, which fully embodies some characteristics of China's history, culture and natural resources. Therefore, people are used to calling all drugs collected, processed and prepared under the guidance of traditional Chinese medicine theory as Chinese medicine, explaining its mechanism of action and guiding its clinical application.