Harvesting and producing area processing of Medicinal Peony

It can be harvested in 5 years after 3 ─ planting, and 4 years is the best. The harvest in August is said to be in stock, with more moisture, easy to process, tough and white, but its quality and output are on the low side. October harvester said that autumn goods, the texture is harder, processing is more difficult, but its quality and output are higher. Picking and digging should be carried out on a sunny day, dig out all the roots of the plant, shake off the soil, cut off the fresh roots, store them in a cool place for 1 ─ for 2 days, wait for them to become soft after a little loss of moisture (commonly known as running water), remove the fibrous roots (Danxu), hold the fresh roots with hands, twist the root bark, and pull out the wood core. The high-quality medicinal material Fengdan bark is not shaved and dried directly in the sun. The root bark with thick and straight root strips and more powdery root bark is scraped off the outer cork with a bamboo knife or broken bowl pieces and dried in the sun, which is called scraping moutan, also known as scraping Dan, pink moutan bark. The root bark with fine root strips, poor powder or insect scars, without scraping the outer skin, is directly dried in the sun, which is also called Lianpidan, Lianpidan, Liandan. In the processing, according to the root thickness and powder size, according to different commodity specifications separately, in order to put on sale.

The fresh root of medicinal peony is 800 ─ 2000kg per mu. The drying rate is 30 ─ and 35%.