Hualien Agricultural Research and Extension Station trials organic Angelica dahurica; whitening and antioxidant properties suitable for the cosmeceutical market

General News Jan 1, 1970By Emily Carter 0 views

In the scorching heat of summer, men and women eager to stay fair-skinned love to go online hunting for folk remedies to protect their cheeks, and it is widely said that the "Jade Complexion Powder" favored by Empress Dowager Cixi contained "bai zhi" as an ingredient; modern science has confirmed that bai zhi really does have whitening and antioxidant effects, and can also be used as medicine and to treat colds. Now, after a year of trial cultivation, the Hualien District Agricultural Research and Extension Station of the Council of Agriculture can supply organic bai zhi with stable yields for the domestic medicinal and cosmetic markets, giving farmers better economic returns.

Hualien Agricultural Research and Extension Station Successfully Trials Organic Bai Zhi

**Farmers Encouraged to Grow It to Supply the Medicinal and Cosmetic Market**

"According to our survey, bai zhi actually has quite a market in Taiwan for both medicinal and beauty use," and some domestic pharmaceutical companies have already taken an interest in bai zhi's whitening effects and held preliminary discussions; Zhang Tongwu said that bai zhi is easy to grow, has stable yields, is in demand domestically and commands a good price, but because of high labor costs and yields that cannot compete with China, very few people grow it, and he hopes the results of the Hualien station's organic bai zhi trial cultivation will give farmers a different option. The decision to start with the more difficult organic farming method was "mainly out of consideration that it is meant to be eaten by people, so the standards should be higher."

Chen Pinqi, section chief of the Department of Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy under the Ministry of Health and Welfare, said that according to statistics, Taiwan imports about 9 metric tons of bai zhi each year, mainly from mainland China. Because the part of bai zhi used is the root, when the Department of Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy conducts inspections, heavy metal residues are a key testing item; currently bai zhi is subject to a total heavy metal content limit of no more than 10ppm, and arsenic must also not exceed 5ppm.

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Hualien Agricultural Research and Extension Station trials organic Angelica dahurica; whitening and antioxidant properties suitable for the cosmeceutical market

Hualien Agricultural Research and Extension Station Successfully Trials Organic Bai Zhi

Farmers Encouraged to Grow It to Supply the Medicinal and Cosmetic Market

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