What kind of medicinal materials should be planted in Jiangsu?

As a good place with outstanding people, Jiangsu not only has beautiful scenery, classical architecture and rich culture, but also has a lot of common traditional Chinese medicine from Jiangsu. The main medicinal materials produced in Jiangsu are Platycodon grandiflorum, peppermint, chrysanthemum, Radix Pseudostellariae, Reed, Schizonepeta tenuifolia, perilla, Trichosanthes kirilowii, lily, Isatis indigotica, Euryale, Pinellia ternata, Salvia miltiorrhiza, Prunella vulgaris, burdock, ginkgo and so on.

Platycodon grandiflorum

Platycodon grandiflorum alias Baodang flower, bell flower, monk hat flower, etc., is a perennial herb, stem height of 20 to 120 cm, usually glabrous, occasionally densely covered with short hairs, unbranched, rarely on some branches, roots can be used as medicine, cough and expectoration, lung, pus and other functions. It is often pickled as pickles in northeast China and used to make kimchi on the Korean Peninsula. This plant is described in the local ballad "Platycodon grandiflorum Ballad". By name alone, some people may mistakenly think that Platycodon grandiflorum is the stem of orange, but in fact it is not directly related to orange or citrus.

Platycodon grandiflorum is a perennial herb, which can be used in medicine and cooking. It is one of 40 kinds of commonly used Chinese herbal medicines. It has the effects of relieving lung, dispelling cold, expelling phlegm and pus, and treating exogenous cough, sore throat, chest tightness and abdominal distension, bronchitis, pleurisy and so on. According to the survey of several major pharmaceutical cities and producing areas in China, the domestic planting area is gradually shrinking, but the demand has not decreased, which proves that the business opportunities of Platycodon grandiflorum reappear and the development prospect is very promising.

Radix Pseudostellariae

Pseudostellaria heterophylla perennial herb, 15-20 cm tall, long spindle-shaped tuber, purple lower stem, flowering from April to May. The fruit period is from May to June. It has the effect of replenishing qi and invigorating the spleen, invigorating the spleen and moistening the lungs. it is often used for spleen deficiency, loss of appetite, weakness after illness, deficiency of qi and yin, spontaneous sweat and thirst, lung dryness and cough and so on.

Radix Pseudostellariae, also known as Tongshen, medicinal tuber root, can replenish qi and fluid, tonify spleen and stomach, and is used to treat spleen deficiency, loss of appetite, lung deficiency cough, palpitation, dry mouth and other diseases. it belongs to tonifying traditional Chinese medicine with an annual demand of more than 500000 kilograms, mainly produced in Jiangsu, Shandong and other places. At present, the market price of Radix Pseudostellariae is 5560 yuan / kg, the general yield is 1200-2250 kg per hectare, and the output value per hectare is more than 60,000 yuan. The prospect of planting is good, but we should not plant it blindly. It depends on the market demand and market situation.

Mint

Peppermint soil is called "Yindan grass", which belongs to the Labiatae family, that is, it belongs to other dry whole grass, and the whole plant is green and fragrant. Leaves opposite, flowers small lavender, lip-shaped, dark purple-brown small fruit after flowering. Most of them are born in mountains, wetlands and rivers, and the roots are underground, mostly at an altitude of 2100 meters, but they can also grow at an altitude of 3500 meters. It is a kind of aromatic crop with special economic value. One of the traditional Chinese medicines commonly used in China is an antipyretic drug for sweating, which can treat influenza, headache, red eyes, body heat, throat, gums, etc., and can be used externally to treat neuralgia, skin itching, skin rash and eczema.

Peppermint is a herbal medicine for the treatment of wind and fever, headache, sore throat, mouth and tongue sores, rubella, measles, chest and rib distension and prevention of early pregnancy. Peppermint oil and menthol are not only used as medicine, but also widely used as aromatic agents and seasonings. Therefore, the market prospect of growing peppermint is promising, which is not only best-selling in our market, but also a hot product in the international market. Based on the production of mint oil of 25 kg per mu of peppermint, its net income is 2-3 times higher than that of ordinary crops.

Perilla

Perilla alias Cinnamomum, Baisu, Chisu, etc., are annual herbs of Labiatae, with specific fragrance, leaves are wrinkled and curled, complete ones are flattened into oval shape, 4 to 11 cm long, 2.5 to 9 cm wide, apex long pointed or acute, base round or broadly cuneate, margin circular serrated, both sides purple or green above, lower surface with many concave glandular scales, petiole 2 to 5 cm long. Purple or purplish green, crisp, twigs purplish green, medulla in the middle of the section, fragrant gas, slightly pungent taste.

Perilla leaf can disperse surface cold, strong sweating power, used for wind cold surface disease, see aversion to cold, fever, no sweating and other symptoms, often used with ginger. If the symptom has both qi stagnation, it can be used with Rhizoma Cyperi and tangerine peel. Perilla leaves in Xingqi width are used for spleen and stomach qi stagnation, chest tightness and vomiting. There are wild and cultivated species in North China, Central China, South China, Southwest China and Fujian. With the increasing market demand in recent years, there is a lot of room for development in the cultivation of perilla.

Schizonepeta tenuifolia

Schizonepeta tenuifolia alias Cardamine, Cardamine, Artemisia annua, Artemisia annua, etc., Labiatae, Schizonepeta perennial, stem strong, base Lignification, multi-branched, 40cm high, flat taste, warm nature, non-toxic, strong fragrance, sweating, antipyretic, one of the commonly used Chinese herbs, can relieve phlegm, dispel wind, cool blood, treat influenza, headache, cold, sweating, vomiting and other diseases.

Schizonepeta tenuifolia is used as a whole herb with flowers and ears, which has the effects of detoxification, dispersing wind, penetrating rash and hemostasis. in addition to being used as raw materials, Schizonepeta tenuifolia is also widely used in feed and spice processing industries in recent years, and the number of Schizonepeta angustifolia oil exported to Southeast Asian countries is also increasing year by year, so that its demand is increasing. Due to the continuous mining of Schizonepeta tenuifolia by pharmaceutical farmers in the producing area, its wild resources have decreased year by year, the supply of listed commodities has been in short supply, and the price has risen year after year. According to the survey, since the beginning of summer this year, the supply of Schizonepeta tenuifolia in the major pharmaceutical markets across the country has been on the low side, and the commodities have moved smoothly, and the price of the whole commodity has now risen to 70.8 yuan per kilogram, an increase of 47 percent compared with the same period last year. At present, there is not much inventory on the market, and the supply of goods can not be replenished in time, the price still has room to rise.

Warm reminder: medicinal herbs grow similar crops, the harvest yield is greatly affected by weather factors, such as the initial growers, please carefully consider; in addition, to master scientific planting technology, timely medicinal material market information is very important for planting investment, more medicinal material planting technology and medicinal material market information can be queried in Kangmei traditional Chinese Medicine Network.