What are the prospects for Eucommia ulmoides cultivation in 2019?
Eucommia ulmoides is a high-quality natural blood-pressure-lowering medicinal herb, known as “plant gold”. Its branches, leaves, fruit and bark can all be used as medicine, and it has relatively powerful effects. There have also been news reports of cases in the Xinjiang region where people escaped poverty and became wealthy by growing Eucommia ulmoides, so what are the current prospects for Eucommia ulmoides cultivation?
I. The market situation of Eucommia ulmoides
Eucommia ulmoides sells relatively well on the market, and its range of uses is relatively wide. It can not only be used as traditional Chinese medicine, but many people also use it to make tea or prepare medicinal dishes. Moreover, the price of Eucommia ulmoides is relatively affordable. The current market price is around 20 yuan per jin, and medicines or health products after processing will be a bit more expensive, but still within the purchasing range of the general public.
II. The cultivation benefits of Eucommia ulmoides
The cultivation cost of Eucommia ulmoides is not too high. One mu of land can plant a hundred Eucommia ulmoides trees, and the cost of purchasing seedlings is around 1000 yuan. Adding the costs of fertilizer, labor facilities, land rent, etc., the cost is around 2500 yuan. Taken together, the cost of cultivating one mu is around 3500 yuan; while the annual output of one mu of Eucommia ulmoides is around one thousand jin. At a market purchase price of ten yuan, the total revenue obtained is around 10000 yuan. After deducting costs, the profit is still more than 6000 yuan, so the cultivation benefits are still relatively considerable.
III. The value of Eucommia ulmoides
Eucommia ulmoides has relatively high medicinal value. It can strengthen the body, tonify the liver and kidneys, regulate the thoroughfare and conception vessels, and firm the menses and calm the fetus. Modern research has also shown that Eucommia ulmoides has the pharmacological effects of clearing waste from the body, strengthening the material metabolism of human cells, preventing muscle and bone aging, balancing human blood pressure, breaking down cholesterol in the body, reducing body fat, restoring blood vessel elasticity, promoting urination and clearing heat, broad-spectrum antibacterial action, exciting the central nervous system, and increasing white blood cells.
At present, its effects on the market are gradually increasing. Many patients will buy Eucommia ulmoides, and more and more families are paying more and more attention to health and wellness, so more and more people will buy Eucommia ulmoides. Pharmaceutical manufacturing has a very large demand for medicinal materials, and the annual demand will not decrease, so in the near term the market situation for Eucommia ulmoides is also relatively optimistic.
The cultivation prospects of Eucommia ulmoides are still relatively considerable, and currently not many people grow Eucommia ulmoides, while the market is also very strong. In 2019, it is still possible to cultivate Eucommia ulmoides. Moreover, the state currently provides certain support for the planting industry, so the cultivation prospects are still very broad.