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Codonopsis stems and leaves can be used as livestock and poultry feed

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Codonopsis is a precious Chinese medicinal herb; its dried root is used as medicine and has the effects of tonifying qi and nourishing blood, harmonizing the spleen and stomach, promoting fluid production and clearing the lungs. Its stems and leaves were often discarded in the past. However, in recent years, research has found that Codonopsis stems and leaves contain volatile oil, various amino acids, macro- and trace elements, alkaloids, starch, and more. Farmers at the Sifangpa medicinal herb farm in our county dry and grind the stems and leaves, then add them to feed at a ratio of 20-30% to feed pigs, with a clear weight-gain effect. Feeding them to poultry not only increases the egg-laying rate, egg production, and average egg weight, according to chemical

Codonopsis is a precious Chinese medicinal herb; its dried root is used as medicine and has the effects of tonifying qi and nourishing blood, harmonizing the spleen and stomach, promoting fluid production and clearing the lungs. Its stems and leaves were often discarded in the past. However, in recent years, research has found that Codonopsis stems and leaves contain volatile oil, various amino acids, macro- and trace elements, alkaloids, starch, and more.

Farmers at the Sifangpa medicinal herb farm in our county dry and grind the stems and leaves, then add them to feed at a ratio of 20-30% to feed pigs, with a clear weight-gain effect. Feeding them to poultry not only increases the egg-laying rate, egg production, and average egg weight; according to tests, their cholesterol content is also somewhat reduced.

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