Planting dry Pinellia has high benefits and is a good project for farmers to increase income.

According to statistical analysis of market surveys of major medicinal herb markets and production areas across the country, there is currently a large gap between supply and demand for dry Pinellia, with a strong trend, and the price has risen to 45-52 yuan per kg, with a favorable outlook.

According to Zhao Xijin, a traditional Chinese medicine pharmacist at the Anguo City Traditional Chinese Medicinal Materials Association in Hebei, wild resources of dry Pinellia are gradually decreasing, and the seed quantity per mu for planting dry Pinellia is relatively large, about 30-40 kg, with high planting costs (over 600 yuan). Herb farmers are generally unwilling to develop it on a large scale and only plant it on a small scale, cultivating their own seedlings before expanding. This situation has caused the growth of cultivated area to be slow and total output to be low.

At the same time, market demand is gradually increasing, demand from domestic pharmaceutical factories is rising steadily, and its export volume has also been growing steadily. Dry Pinellia can be planted throughout the Northeast region. According to experiments, the average yield per mu of dry Pinellia is 150-200 kg. Calculated at a market price of 40 yuan per kg, the benefit per mu is over 6,000 yuan. If the soil is fertile and management is proper, the yield per mu can reach over 250 kg, with considerable benefits. Dry Pinellia can be intercropped with crops such as corn in the field, and can also be intercropped under fruit tree orchards for three-dimensional cultivation, with even better benefits.

In addition, he reminds the majority of herb farmers: Arisaema is similar to dry Pinellia, and if you do not know this, it is very easy to confuse the two; while low-priced water Pinellia and dry Pinellia are both Pinellia species and are even harder to distinguish, so attention should be paid when introducing seeds.