What are the commonly used Chinese herbal medicines for raising pigs?
Pig farming can now almost be said to be one of the largest farming projects in our country, and as the scale of pig farming grows larger and larger, many novel farming models that benefit pig growth have also appeared. Among them, pig farming with Chinese herbal medicines is one. Chinese herbal medicine pig farming can add corresponding Chinese herbal medicines according to the nutritional needs of pigs, which can effectively improve the pigs' appetite and disease resistance. So what Chinese herbal medicines are suitable for pig farming? Let's take a look below!
1. Dandelion
Pigs relatively like dandelion. Dandelion has a high water content and tender stems and leaves, making it a very suitable health feed for pigs. When feeding dandelion, we first dry it in the sun, then grind it into powder, add an appropriate amount of dandelion powder to the feed and then feed it. It can also be fed wet directly, but this will increase costs. Dandelion can improve the pigs' appetite, has effects such as clearing heat and detoxifying, and promoting digestion, and also has a certain preventive and therapeutic effect on diseases such as those of the digestive tract.
2. Purslane
Purslane is not only a Chinese medicinal herb, but also a very popular wild vegetable in southern China. When feeding pigs, it is the same as with dandelion: first dry it in the sun, then grind it into powder and add it to the feed. If feeding it fresh, then the amount must not exceed 120 grams, otherwise it will cause digestive tract diseases. Purslane has the effects of detoxifying and stopping bleeding, can be used to treat uterine bleeding in sows, and can also improve the pigs' immunity.
3. Gentian
Gentian is a very common wild grass that can be picked everywhere, and it is also a Chinese medicinal herb that pigs relatively like to eat. After picking, wash it clean with clean water, remove the soil and stains on the plant, and then feed it. It can also be dried in the sun, ground into powder, mixed and stirred with feed. Gentian can strengthen the pigs' digestive system, improve the pigs' appetite, promote the pigs' weight gain, and prevent digestive tract diseases.
4. Plantain
Plantain is also a wild grass familiar to everyone, but when using plantain, attention must be paid to the dosage. Too high a dosage may cause poisoning in pigs, and instead affect the pigs' growth. Therefore, after picking, we should try not to feed it wet. Like the first three, dry it in the sun, grind it into powder, and put it into the feed for feeding. Plantain has the effects of reducing swelling and reducing inflammation, and has a very good therapeutic effect on inflammation.
5. Mugwort
In rural areas, mugwort is used by many people to make “mugwort leaf baba”, which is a very delicious snack. However, mugwort is also very good for feeding pigs. Mugwort has extremely high nutritional value and contains substances such as aromatic oil, which can promote the pigs' blood circulation, enhance the pigs' metabolism, improve the quality of pork, and also has an antibacterial effect. According to surveys, adding about 2%-3% mugwort powder to the pigs' daily ration can increase the pigs' body weight by 6%-7%.
The above are several commonly used Chinese medicinal herbs in the pig farming process. In fact, there are also Atractylodes lancea, wild chrysanthemum, and others, but their effects are all similar, so the editor did not list them one by one. Since these Chinese medicinal herbs can be seen everywhere in rural areas, there is no need to plant them specially. They do not increase costs and can also promote pig growth. That is all for today's introduction. This article is for reference only. Thank you everyone for reading and supporting.