Introduction of harvesting and processing techniques of medicinal plant Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi

Scutellaria baicalensis (Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi), alias Camellia root and Camellia root, is a kind of plant of Scutellaria in Labiatae, which belongs to semi-wild semi-family species and perennial herbs. The root of Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi is a kind of herbal medicine, which tastes bitter and cold, can clear heat, dryness and dampness, purge fire and detoxify, stop bleeding and calm the fetus. It mainly treats febrile disease, upper respiratory tract infection, lung-heat cough, damp-heat jaundice, pneumonia, dysentery, hemoptysis, red eyes, fetal movement, hypertension, carbuncle and furunculosis. The clinical application of Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi is better than Coptis chinensis and does not produce drug resistance.

1. Seed harvest

The seeds of the seed field are collected at the age of 2-3 years, and the seeds are generally mature in August and September. The seeds are harvested in stages and in batches to prevent natural grain falling.

2. Commodity harvest

The harvest period: the yield peak of artificial cultivated Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi was 3 years old, and the quality peak was in September. Therefore, the starting time limit is 3 years old, and the starting period is mid-September and late September.

Collection method: mechanical collection is often used in production, or manual collection is also available. When you start and harvest, you should dig deeply and clean up the stumps and soil. Producing area processing

After picking up, transport it back to the drying ground and guard against rain when drying. When drying to 90% dry, hit the skin with a drum-type skin bumping machine for 21 24 revolutions per minute for 15 minutes, hit the skin once, basically bump the root skin clean, and then continue to dry.

Market prospect: Scutellaria baicalensis has a long history of application, and the social demand is increasing. In addition to traditional Chinese medicine formula, raw materials and exports of proprietary Chinese medicine, the export volume of Shuanghuanglian powder injection and oral liquid with Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi as the main raw material is increasing day by day, and the international market is promising. Therefore, the raw materials needed will increase day by day, and the artificial cultivation of Scutellaria baicalensis will be promising, and the development prospect will be better and better.