What is the most profitable Chinese medicinal herb to grow? Essential basics you must know to get rich

In recent years, grain prices have slumped, and many farmers in non-traditional medicinal herb growing areas want to change the passive situation of not making money from farming by growing Chinese medicinal herbs. Some farmer friends, eager to get rich, blindly believe and blindly follow, causing great losses. Today, the editor here will talk with everyone about the essential basics you must know for getting rich by growing Chinese medicinal herbs.

1. Authentic regional herbs are the right path

Chinese medicinal herbs are a special kind of agricultural product with obvious regional characteristics, and since ancient times authenticity of origin has been stressed. The implementation of the new pharmacopoeia in 2015 raised the issue of content to an unprecedented height. Respecting tradition and growing local authentic regional Chinese medicinal herbs is the general trend. By all means do not blindly collect wild herb varieties and plant them. The content of wild Atractylodes seeds with cinnabar dots after artificial cultivation is already well known to all. Growers are advised not to blindly buy wild variety seeds or seedlings at high prices for planting, and even more not to be tempted by factors such as price into blindly planting southern herbs in the north or moving northern herbs to the south.

2. Choose varieties according to local conditions

Different medicinal herbs adapt to different growing environments.

1. Sandy loam soil with good drainage, a relatively thick soil layer and rich humus is the favorite of most medicinal herbs.

2. Barren hills and bare ridges can grow vigorous varieties such as dandelion, wild chrysanthemum, Scutellaria baicalensis, Saposhnikovia divaricata, Polygala tenuifolia, Cornus officinalis, Forsythia suspensa, wild jujube tree, honeysuckle and Dioscorea nipponica.

3. Mildly saline-alkali sandy land can grow Belamcanda chinensis, honeysuckle, Sophora flavescens, wild jujube, Arctium lappa fruit, Anemarrhena asphodeloides and Glycyrrhiza uralensis.

4. Slightly acidic sandy soil can grow Fritillaria, Astragalus membranaceus, Ligusticum chuanxiong, Atractylodes macrocephala, lily, peony, Aster tataricus and safflower.

5. The main suitable varieties for arid zones are: Bupleurum chinense, Polygala tenuifolia, Belamcanda chinensis, goji berry, etc.

6. Clay plots should avoid root and rhizome types, and choose whole-plant or fruit and seed medicinal herbs such as Schizonepeta tenuifolia, Trichosanthes kirilowii, Coix seed, mint, Agastache rugosa, purple perilla and Cassia seed.

7. Shaded and relatively warm, moist land with little light can grow Arisaema, Pseudostellaria heterophylla, Stemona japonica, Angelica sinensis, Codonopsis pilosula, Viola mandshurica, Scutellaria barbata and Fritillaria ussuriensis.

8. Suitable varieties for barren land are: black nightshade, Cassia seed, etc.

3. Choose varieties according to your means

1. Beginners should choose easy-to-manage bulk varieties. Outsiders have the impression that growing medicinal herbs brings big returns, but also big investment and big risk. Actually it is not so. There is a category of medicinal herbs called herbal medicines, which, as the name suggests, are plants that can grow like grass, such as plantain, Leonurus japonicus, Eclipta prostrata, Artemisia capillaris, black nightshade, Cnidium monnieri and purslane. People who do not recognize them collectively call this category of medicinal herbs "grass." If you have no growing experience, you can choose low-cost land and grow bulk herbal medicines that are vigorous and easy to manage. Although the prices of this category of medicinal herbs are relatively low, the success rate is relatively high. But be careful to choose minor varieties prudently, because minor varieties have small usage, small market capacity and large market fluctuations.

2. Those with experience can choose root and rhizome varieties that require slightly more complicated management. Investment and output are usually proportional. If you have some growing experience, you can choose varieties with slightly larger investment and slightly more cumbersome management, such as Atractylodes macrocephala and Pinellia ternata. Because these varieties have high thresholds for planting and processing, and limited planting area, their prices are high and stable, and the returns are considerable.

3. Those with ample funds should grow varieties with longer growth cycles. Belamcanda chinensis, Scutellaria baicalensis, Bupleurum chinense, Polygala tenuifolia and Paeonia lactiflora Pall. have growth cycles of more than two years. Because these varieties have long capital recovery cycles, many small growers are unwilling to plant them, so their output is stable and their prices are stable.

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