Herbal Medicine Cultivation

Sichuan is known as "the home of traditional Chinese medicine, the library of Chinese medicine". According to statistics, there are more than 5,000 kinds of Chinese medicine resources in Sichuan, including more than 4,600 kinds of botanical medicines, more than 320 kinds of animal medicines and more than 130 kinds of mineral medicines, accounting for about 75% of the varieties of Chinese herbal medicines; among them, there are more than 30 kinds of famous local herbs and herbs of main production, such as Ligusticum chuanxiong, Maitong, Huanglian, Phellodendron amurense, Cordyceps sinensis etc., are not only the varieties that exported to China in early days and with large quantity, but also occupy a pivotal position in the production and sales of domestic production and marketing in China. The main wild and cultivated (farmed) varieties of Chinese herbal medicines and their geographical distribution are summarized as follows:

Chuanxiong Dujiangyan City (chrysanthemum heart Chuanxiong), Pi County, Pengzhou City, Chongzhou City

Chuanbeimu Aba Prefecture, Ganzi Prefecture; with curly-leafed Beimu and dark purple Beimu as the main ones

Anciphyllum, Chuanwujiangyu City; with pumpkin-leafed Anciphyllum as the dominant species

Lianthus hongya Prefecture, Emeishan City, Dayi County (flavor Lian)

Maidong Mianyang City, Santai County (Mianyang Maidong, Sichuan Maidong)

Tianmu Pingwu County, a large number of cultivation, the wild resources are widely spread

Dongzhi Xiacao Kangding County, Malcolm County

Saffron Jianyang City, Pingchang County (Sichuan Saffron)

Dry ginger in the Minjiang River Basin of Sichuan, more than the cultivation of Gandan County, Muchuan County, the main production <

Sichuan hyssop Tianquan County (Tianquan hyssop), Hongya County

Honeysuckle Nanjiang County, Muchuan County (Sichuan honeysuckle)

Danshen Zhongjiang County (Zhongjiang Salvia miltiorrhiza), Pingwu County (Sichuan Salvia miltiorrhiza)

Complementary bone marrow Xichang City, Jintang County

Tulip gold (Sichuan tulip) Shuangliu County, Gandan County, Chongzhou City (more cultivated green silk tulip, yellow silk tulip)

Turmeric Gandhi County, Chongzhou City, Shuangliu County

Curcuma longa Gandhi County, Chongzhou City, Shuangliu County

Tiandong Neijiang City, Gulin County

White Paeonia lactiflora Zhongjiang County (Zhongjiang White Paeonia lactiflora), Quxian County

Dahurica dahurica Suining City (Chuan Angelica dahurica)

Phellodendron bark Xingjing County, Emeishan City, Hongya County, Tongjiang County (Chuan huangbai)

Houpaku Dujiangyan City, Emeishan City, Gulin County, Santai County (Sichuan Park)

Duzhong cultivated throughout Sichuan

Half-summer Nanchong City, Xichong County, the main production of the northeastern region of wild

Moneywort in Sichuan, Sichuan, more wild resources (Sichuan Qianqian grass)

Zejiao Pengshan County, Dujiangyan City (Sichuan Zeigui)

Musk Dujiangyan City, Malcolm County (artificially cultured, live musk extraction)

Bear bile Dujiangyan City, the main production (artificial breeding, live diversion)

XinYi Beichuan County, the main production of Sichuan, cultivated throughout the country

WuMei DaiYi County, Dazhou City, more cultivation

Sichuan Sequence of the main production of LiangShan State

QiangJiangWu GanZi, AbaZhou

Gingiberian Fungus TongJiang County (TongJiang Gingiberian Fungus)

Sichuan Mingganshen Cangxi County, Jintang County, Bazhong City

Chaihu Jiange County (bamboo-leaf Caihu more wild, habitually known as "Jian Chai"; the northern Caihu more cultivated)

Platycodon grandiflorus Zitong County (Sichuan Platycodon grandiflorus)

Pepper Hanyuan County (Sichuan Pepper, Red Pepper), Maowen County

Daherb in northern Sichuan, western Sichuan more cultivated Jiuzhaigou County (formerly Nanping County)

Dangshen Jiuzhaigou County (formerly Nanping County)

Chrysanthemum Cangxi County, Yilong County, Zhongjiang County

Gentian Liangshan Prefecture, rich in wild resources

Sichuan Muxiang in western Sichuan (Aba Prefecture)

Loquat leaf is cultivated all over Sichuan

Fojiao Gandhari County, Muchuan County (Sichuan Fojiao).

Based on the natural geographic conditions and distribution of medicinal herbs in Sichuan Province, Sichuan medicines are divided into four major production areas:

Ⅰ. Sichuan Basin Herb Production Area - This area is located in the bottom of the Sichuan Basin, with better heat conditions than the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River at the same latitude, and mainly produces 1000 - 1500 kinds of herbs such as Rhizoma Ligustici Chuanxiong, Maitong, Salviae Miltiorrhizae, Paeonia lactiflora, Radix et Rhizoma Pseudostemma, Radix et Rhizoma Polygoni Multiflori, Radix et Rhizoma Polygoni Multiflori, Radix et Rhizoma Polygoni Multiflori, Radix et Rhizoma Polygoni Multiflori, Fructus Fructus, etc.

II. West Climbing Region Herb Production Area - including Liangshan Prefecture, Xichang City, Panzhihua City, Jinshajiang River Dry and Hot Valley, etc. With good water and heat conditions, it mainly produces more than 2,400 kinds of herbs such as Aloe vera, Poria cocos, Psoralea tonicifolia, Red halberd, Andrographis paniculata, Sichuan sequoia, Panax pseudoginseng, Scutellariae barbatae, Anti-fungus, Sarcophora saxifraga, and Sanguisorba.

III. Basin peripheral mountainous medicinal material production area - this area is rich in medicinal plant resources, is the largest precipitation area in Sichuan, about 1500-2000 kinds of traditional Chinese medicine resources, the main production of tianmu, Sichuan hyssop, eucommia, Houpao, cypress, ginkgo, yellow honeysuckle, honeysuckle, Chaihu, Xinyi, half-summer, saffron and other species

Specialized in the production of the Chinese medicine industry.

Ⅳ. Northwest Sichuan Plateau and West Sichuan Alpine Canyon Herb Production Area - the terrain of this area is high in the north and low in the south, with an altitude of 2500-5500m, mainly including Aba and Ganzi Prefecture, the environment is almost pollution-free, and produces a large number of valuable Chinese medicinal herbs, with the main productions of Sichuan Beimu, musk, red beansprout, Dioscorea opposita, Qiangwu, and Codonopsis pilosula, Cordyceps, Astragalus, Rhubarb, Gentiana Macrophylla,, Rhodiola Rosea, Snow Lotus, Artemisia annua, and about 1,800 other species.