Planting skills of Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi

Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi, a kind of traditional Chinese medicine. Camellia root, also known as Camellia root, is a perennial herb of the genus Scutellaria of Labiatae; fleshy rhizomes are thick, leaves firm paper, lanceolate to linear lanceolate. Yellow, its root is used medicinally. Sexual bitter cold, belong to the lung, gallbladder, spleen, large intestine, small intestine meridian.

Growth habits of Scutellaria baicalensis

Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi has strong adaptability, can survive the winter in the field, likes sunshine, is afraid of stagnant water, and is not strict with the soil. generally, the soil can be planted, but the loose and fertile land grows better. Born on Xiangyang grass slope, 60-1300 (1700-2000) meters above sea level. Produced in Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Henan, Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Shandong, Sichuan and other places, most provinces and regions in northern China can be planted. It is used in medicine with root, bitter taste, cold nature, clearing heat, dryness and dampness, purging fire and detoxification, stopping bleeding, calming fetus and so on. 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 antibacterial activity of Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi is better than that of Coptis chinensis, and it does not produce drug resistance.

Cultivation and Management of Scutellaria baicalensis

Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi can be propagated by seeds, sowing before winter or sowing in spring. Sowing in winter is earlier than sowing in spring. The method of spring sowing is the same as that of autumn sowing: spring sowing, applying foot fertilizer, deep ploughing fine rake to do depression, watering, after three or five days, when the depression is not sticky, hold the depression flat, according to the row spacing of 20-27 cm, open a shallow ditch 0.7-1 cm deep, spread the seeds evenly into the ditch, cover the soil and water, keep the border surface moist before emergence, and emerge in 7-10 days. When the seedling height is 3-5 cm, set the seedling according to the plant spacing of about 1.5-2 cm.

Field management

It is necessary to loosen the soil and weed at the seedling stage, and during the growing period, especially after the End of Heat's festival, chemical fertilizer can be applied combined with watering to promote the expansion of the rhizome.

Main diseases and insect pests: stagnant water for a long time (2-3 days), prone to root rot. There are land tigers and grubs for the treatment of pests.

Harvest and processing

A late autumn harvest that grows for one or two years. Dig out the roots, remove the stems and leaves, shake the soil, dry it, and then tie it into a bundle before it can be used as medicine.

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