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Minerals Are Good Medicine Too: Get to Know Mineral-Based Chinese Materia Medica
How do stones become medicine? "When decocting medicine, you just need to add the mineral medicine half an hour in advance," said Huang Haichang, a traditional Chinese medicine physician at Nanning Yiganzhao Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd...
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Pangolins are a precious animal-based medicinal material. How much do you know about them?
Pangolin is a traditional Chinese medicine containing multiple amino acids and trace elements, and it was widely used by people in ancient times. However, because pangolins are now...
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Occurrence and Control of Stem Base Rot in Schisandra
Stem base rot in Schisandra can cause the stem base of the plant to rot, the root bark to fall off, and eventually the entire plant to die. With the expansion of cultivated area, the occurrence of stem base rot in Schisandra has shown an upward trend. The general incidence rate is 2%-40%, and in severe cases it exceeds 70%, making it a devastating disease. 1. Disease symptoms Stem base rot occurs on Schisandra of all ages, with 1-3 year old plants being the most severely affected. The disease starts from the stem base or the junction of root and stem. In the early stage of the disease, the leaves wilt and droop as if lacking water, but cannot recover,
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How much does the base growing medium affect Gastrodia elata yield?
At present, the base growing media used for cultivating Gastrodia elata vary from place to place. In the Hanzhong area of Shaanxi, river sand is mostly used as the base growing medium, while in the Tonghua area of Jilin, humus soil is mostly used as the base growing medium. Some also use broadleaf tree sawdust mixed with sand or rice husk mixed with sand as the base growing medium. The biggest advantage of sand as a growing medium is good water permeability, but it contains very few nutrients; choosing humus soil made of semi-decomposed fallen leaves as the growing medium is better, but the black soil from the lower layer must not be mixed in. Production practice has shown that sawdust mixed with sand, rice husk mixed with sand, and semi-decomposed
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Which regions are the main Bletilla striata planting bases distributed in?
Where are the Bletilla striata planting bases?
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