Distribution of Gastrodia elata

The producing area of Gastrodia elata is distributed in tropical, subtropical, temperate and cold temperate mountains. It ranges from New Zealand and New Caledonia in the east to Madagascar in the west. It extends from Australia and New Zealand to the north to the northeast of China and the far East of the former Soviet Union. Mainly include China, India, Thailand, Bhutan, Nepal, Japan, Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Australia, New Zealand, China once belonged to the Ryukyu Islands, Ogasawara Islands, Kalimantan Island, Malaysia's Malay Peninsula, New Caledonia Island, as well as North Korea, the Philippines, the Russian far East Amur, coastal border areas, dry islands and other areas. The plant was not found on the African continent, Europe and America.

Wild Gastrodia elata

Widely distributed in Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Hubei, Gansu, Anhui, Henan, Hebei, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangxi, Jilin, Liaoning and other places, western Guizhou, southern Sichuan and northeastern Yunnan are famous authentic medicinal materials with good quality. Mainly produced in Guizhou Bijie, Dafang, Western Guizhou, Guiding, Hezhang, Duyun, Zunyi, Sichuan Xingjing, Gulin, Xuyong, Yibin, Leibo, Mabian, Tongjiang, Maoxian, Leshan, Hongya, Ya'an, Maowen, Wenchuan; Yunnan Zhaotong, Yiliang, Zhenxiong, Yongshan, Daguan, Suijiang, Yanjin, Ludian and other places. In addition, Hanzhong, Ankang, Shangyi in Shaanxi, Gannan, Wenxian and Longnan in Gansu. Henan Xixia, Lushi, Tongbai, Hunjiang, Fusong, Linjiang, Tonghua and Yuexi, Anhui, Huoshan are also produced.

Domestic Gastrodia elata

Mainly produced in Lueyang, Chenggu, Xixiang, Mianxian, Ningqiang, Zhenan, Shangzhou (among which, Lueyang Gastrodia elata is certified as the geographical indication of the General Administration of quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, and Lueyang is also the largest production base of Gastrodia elata in China), south; Huoshan, Yuexi, Jinzhai, Anhui; Tongjiang, Guangyuan, Sichuan; Jinping, Wuchuan, Dejiang, Duyun, Anshun, Guizhou; Zhaotong, Yunnan Hubei Hefeng, Enshi, Yunxi, Yunxian, Zhushan, Yichang; Henan Xixia, Tongbai, Luanchuan, Jilin Fusong, Liaoning Xinbin and other places.