What are the planting prospects for Houttuynia cordata? The latest analysis is here
Houttuynia cordata is also called dog heart grass, folded ear root, dog spot ear. The whole plant is used as medicine, with effects of clearing heat, detoxifying and promoting diuresis, treating enteritis, dysentery, nephritic edema, mastitis, otitis media, etc. The tender rhizome is edible, and people in southwestern China often use it as a vegetable or seasoning. Let us take a look below at the planting prospects of Houttuynia cordata!
Planting prospects of Houttuynia cordata
Houttuynia cordata is widely distributed in the southern provinces and regions of China, and is also found in parts of the northwest, north China and Tibet. In recent years, due to the influence of the trends of “returning to nature” and “medicine and food from the same source”, the folk practice of digging Houttuynia cordata for sale and eating it as a distinctive wild mountain vegetable has gradually flourished. Wild resources fall short of demand, and the market price is relatively high.
In addition, Houttuynia cordata is a traditional medicinal plant. It is pungent and cold in nature and flavor, with effects such as clearing heat and detoxifying, reducing swelling and discharging pus, and promoting diuresis and treating strangury. It can be used to treat lung abscess and ulcer, lung heat with cough and asthma, heat dysentery and heat strangury, edema, beriberi, urinary tract infection, excessive vaginal discharge, carbuncle swelling and sore toxin, and other conditions. Therefore, in traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions, Houttuynia cordata often becomes the main medicine for related lung diseases and urinary system diseases.
Houttuynia cordata can be used as a wild vegetable for industrialized production and in-depth development and utilization, and can also be used as a pharmaceutical raw material to be processed into Western medicine injections or Chinese patent medicines. Therefore, it currently has a relatively ideal market prospect.
Planting benefits of Houttuynia cordata
Planting Houttuynia cordata brings quick results. In the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, planting from the end of February to early March allows harvest in batches 3 months after planting, and it can also be planted and harvested outside the normal season. The yield per mu is about 3000 kg, with high yields reaching 5000 kg. Because it has a fishy smell, no diseases or insect pests have been found during its growth period. It is a pollution-free and non-polluting vegetable, sells well on the market and has high benefits.
Planting environment of Houttuynia cordata
Houttuynia cordata has a wide range of adaptability and can grow throughout the country during the frost-free period. In the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, it can overwinter normally. It can sprout at a temperature of 12°C, and the growth period temperature is 16 to 25°C. It has the characteristics of liking moisture, tolerating waterlogging, tolerating shade, and having low requirements for light and soil. It also does not compete for land with other crops, so wasteland can be fully used for cultivation.