The prospect of leech breeding is still strong in 2016!

In recent years, the market of animal traditional Chinese medicine, especially the wild animal medicine which is not mature or has no artificial breeding technology, continues to be popular. Although there are occasional twists and turns among these varieties, generally speaking, even if the overall environment of the drug market is in the doldrums, most of them remain strong and upward, such as leeches. The price of leeches continued to rise in 2016.

Revenue of Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular products of Yiling Pharmaceutical Company in 2012-14

From the data of Yiling, a famous manufacturer of Tongxinluo, a famous cardio-cerebrovascular drug in China, we can see that the domestic market for cardio-cerebrovascular drugs is growing year by year in recent years. As a commonly used API for the treatment of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, the demand for leeches is naturally increasing year by year.

In contrast to the increasing demand for leeches year by year, after years of disorderly fishing, the resources of wild leeches have been greatly damaged, and the yield of wild leeches has declined year by year, and its main producing areas have been forced to change slowly in the destructive disorderly fishing over the years. At the same time, the artificial breeding technology of leeches is not satisfactory, so the price of leeches has been rising continuously for more than a decade.

Historical price trend of leeches

In the 15 years since 2000, the price of dry leeches in the market has risen from 120 yuan to 1200-1250 yuan, an increase of 900%. High prices further stimulate farmers' enthusiasm for fishing, while the damage caused by disorderly fishing to leech resources has in turn supported the current high market of leeches.

Under this background, the artificial breeding technology of leeches has gradually developed in the north and south of the river. At present, the artificially bred leeches are still leeches with wide body.

Wide-bodied golden leech

Mainly, the breeding area is mainly concentrated in central, eastern and southern China. At present, the culture technology of wide-body golden leech is not mature. According to the response of a large leech family in Yangzhou, although there are many people who raise leeches, it can be said that less than ten people can succeed, and it will probably take a long time to rely on artificial breeding to ensure the supply of leeches.

Phenanthrene cow leech

In addition, there are still many people breeding Filipino leeches in Yunnan, Guangxi and other provinces and regions near Southeast Asia. It is understood that the breeding techniques and product standards of Philippine cattle leeches have been verified by the Yunnan government. But up to now, Philippine cattle leeches have not been listed in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia, only local standards are included, and their sales are mainly fresh goods and freeze-dried goods, and few of them enter the market and enter traditional Chinese medicine enterprises, which has little impact on the domestic leech market.

Conclusion: since 2015, under the influence of policy, new Pharmacopoeia, flight inspection and the oversupply of most kinds of varieties, the market of traditional Chinese medicine has been hovering in the valley of depression. In this depressed market, the wild animal species represented by leeches can continue to be strong in the high position, bringing wisps of hope to the pharmaceutical market that was once in the doldrums. It is worth noting that hope does not mean reality. From other traditional Chinese medicine that is transforming from wild to home, we can see that if we only rely on the immaturity of breeding technology, it is also inadequate to persist in this point. in the 21st century, with the rapid development of technology, the research and development and promotion of an aquaculture technology does not take too long, and the development of a variety still needs in-depth simultaneous development and promotion of the consumer side.

The article comes from http://www.shuizhi360.com/, China Leech Network.