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What is a Taoist medicinal herb?

The local herbs, also known as Taoist herbs, refer to traditional Chinese herbs with specific germplasm, specific production areas or specific production techniques and processing methods. The word "authentic" has the meaning of origin, true, unique and high quality. There are more than 200 kinds of local herbs in China, which often have the following characteristics: specific excellent germplasm; relatively fixed production areas, with a clear geographical nature; production is more concentrated, cultivation techniques and production processing have certain characteristics, better quality than the same kind of herbs in other production areas, good quality, with a unique quality standards; with a certain history of the formation of a certain; with a high economic value. Due to the large-scale planting, low production costs, product quality, market competitiveness, often bring significant economic benefits to the local.