How much does Poria cost per jin? Growing it requires meeting these conditions
Poria, also known as Wanlinggui and Fuling, is a Chinese medicinal herb that parasitizes the roots of pine trees, but it is not what we call tuckahoe (Tufuling). Poria is mainly produced in Sichuan, Hubei, Yunnan and other places, and is produced all year round. So how much does Poria generally cost per jin? What conditions must be met to grow it?
1. How much does Poria generally cost per jin?
Poria is a relatively common medicinal herb in Chinese medicine shops, so its price is not very expensive, but Poria prices vary from high to low, and the price differs according to quality, basically around 20 to 30 yuan per jin.
The wholesale price of Poria is about 18 yuan per jin, and the retail price in pharmacies is usually about 20—30 yuan per jin, though there will be certain differences depending on regional differences or differences in Poria quality. However, the price of wild Poria is much higher; if it is both a genuine regional medicinal herb and wild, it costs about 40 yuan per jin.
2. What conditions must be met to grow Poria?
Poria is a commonly used Chinese medicine and was listed as a top-grade herb in the Shennong Bencao Jing. However, because Poria is a brown-rot fungus, the nutrients needed for its growth mainly come from the degradation by its mycelium of components such as cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin in pine wood. Therefore, Poria cultivation consumes a large amount of pine trees every year. Usually each kiln uses 6-8 kg of pine wood, while the yield is only 2 kg, resulting in low biological efficiency and causing damage to forest resources and ecological vegetation.
Natural forests are the essence of our country's forest resources and are the ecosystem with the most complex structure, the most stable community, the richest biodiversity and the strongest ecological function in nature. They play an irreplaceable role in maintaining ecological balance, protecting biodiversity, safeguarding water resource security and responding to climate change. Since the 13th Five-Year Plan, the Recommendations of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Formulating the 13th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development proposed, “improve the natural forest protection system, completely stop commercial logging of natural forests, and increase forest area and stock volume.” This was the first time our country proposed in a five-year plan a complete halt to commercial logging of natural forests.
In order to protect the natural forest project, since the beginning of this year Jinggu County has stepped up efforts to regulate Poria planting practices, and has severely cracked down on the illegal felling of natural forests in state-owned forests and natural forests as raw materials for Poria cultivation. This does not mean that ordinary people are not allowed to grow Poria, but rather that the source of raw materials for growing Poria must be ensured to be legal. Every person growing Poria should correctly handle the relationship between development and protection, and must not exchange illegal and criminal acts for development. The forest public security of Jinggu County reminds the general public that those using “windfallen wood”, “standing dead wood” and “plantations” to grow Poria must first file a declaration; after verification by the competent forestry department, standardized planting may proceed, and the products grown may be sold with certificates.