Where is the latest production area distribution of Jiaogulan?
Jiaogulan is also known as Qiyedan, Wuyeshen, Qiyeshen, etc. It is a herbaceous climbing plant of the genus Gynostemma in the Cucurbitaceae family. Folk tradition calls it the magical “anti-aging longevity medicinal herb”. In the National Science Commission's “Spark Program” it was listed first among the “precious Chinese medicinal materials” awaiting development, and the National Ministry of Health included it in the health products list. Now let us take a look together at where Jiaogulan's production areas are!
Where are Jiaogulan's production areas?
Jiaogulan is distributed worldwide in China, India, Nepal, Sikkim, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia (Java), New Guinea, Korea, and Japan, among other places. In our country, its production areas are distributed in Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, and other places. Wild Jiaogulan is mainly distributed in Hunan and in the area of Sheng Tang Mountain in Jinxiu County, Guangxi.
Jiaogulan's production environment
Wild Jiaogulan grows under mountain forests, beside ditches, and in shady, damp valleys. It prefers shaded environments, with upper-layer coverage of about 50-80%, ventilation and light penetration, and sandy soil, sandy loam, or rubble areas rich in humus loam. It can grow in neutral, slightly acidic soil or slightly alkaline soil. It grows in valley dense forests, hillside open forests, shrublands, or roadside grass at an altitude of 300-3200 m.
Jiaogulan's medicinal value
1. Replenishing qi and strengthening the spleen: Jiaogulan is sweet in taste and enters the spleen meridian. It can replenish qi and strengthen the spleen, and treat conditions such as spleen-stomach qi deficiency, physical fatigue and lack of strength, and poor appetite.
2. Resolving phlegm and relieving cough: Jiaogulan enters the lung meridian. It can replenish lung qi and clear lung heat, and also has the effect of resolving phlegm and relieving cough. It is suitable for treating dual deficiency of qi and yin, dry heat in the lungs, and cough with copious sticky phlegm.
3. Clearing heat and detoxifying: Jiaogulan has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, and can be used to treat heat-toxin symptoms that appear in tumor conditions.
4. Lowering blood lipids: Jiaogulan has the effect of significantly lowering cholesterol, triglycerides, and low-density lipoprotein, raising high-density lipoprotein, protecting the inner walls of blood vessels, preventing lipid deposition on blood vessel walls, and resisting arteriosclerosis.
5. Preventing and treating thrombosis: Jiaogulan has the effect of significantly reducing blood viscosity and regulating blood pressure. At the same time, it can prevent microthrombus formation and increase myocardial cells' tolerance to hypoxia, thereby protecting the myocardium.
6. Regulating blood sugar: Jiaogulan can protect the adrenal glands, thymus, and endocrine organs, preventing them from shrinking with age, maintaining the normal function of the endocrine system, and has the effect of lowering blood sugar and improving glucose metabolism.
7. Helping sleep: Jiaogulan nourishes the brain and calms the spirit. It can regulate the balance between excitation and inhibition in the cerebral cortex, has a bidirectional regulatory effect on the central nervous system, and has the effects of sedation, hypnosis, anti-tension, fatigue relief, and memory enhancement.
8. Delaying aging: Jiaogulan has a significant effect on participating in cell revival, can extend the number of cell reproduction generations, extend cell lifespan, and has the effect of enhancing superoxide dismutase activity and endurance.
9. Preventing and fighting cancer: Jiaogulan can prevent normal cells from becoming cancerous, mainly acting on the DNA synthesis process of tumor cells. Anti-cancer pharmacological experiments prove that Jiaogulan both prevents normal cells from becoming cancerous and promotes the gradual return of cancer cells to normal.
10. Improving immunity: Jiaogulan can improve macrophage capacity, significantly increase the number of white blood cells, and at the same time increase the phagocytic function of white blood cells themselves, promote the secretion of interleukin in the body, and increase the production of serum immune proteins.