How much is Notopterygium root per jin? 2020 price forecast and its effects and functions

Notopterygium root is a traditional Chinese medicine that can dispel exterior cold; dispel wind-dampness; benefit the joints; and relieve pain. It mainly treats externally contracted wind-cold; headache without sweating; wind-cold-dampness bi syndrome; wind-edema; and sores and swellings. Below, let us look at the 2020 price forecast for Notopterygium root, how much it costs per jin, and what effects it has.

1. 2020 Notopterygium root price forecast

Judging from the price of Notopterygium root in 2019, the price of strip Notopterygium root was around 90-130 yuan, and the price of silkworm Notopterygium root was around 160-230 yuan, with slight price differences among different regions. The price of Notopterygium root in 2019 was relatively sluggish, with a certain degree of decline, but market demand was still relatively high, so the price of Notopterygium root in 2020 may be slightly higher than in 2019.

2. What are the effects and functions of Notopterygium root?

1. Used for impotence and seminal emission, enuresis and frequent urination, cold pain of the waist and knees, asthma due to kidney deficiency, and diarrhea before dawn; for external use, it treats vitiligo and alopecia areata. It relieves the exterior and disperses cold, dispels wind and overcomes dampness, and relieves pain.

2. Disperses wind-cold-dampness and relieves pain. It treats common cold due to wind-cold, headache without sweating, wind-cold-dampness bi syndrome, stiffness of the neck and muscle tension, aching pain of the bones and joints, wind-edema, and carbuncles and sores.

3. Used for pain of the limbs and joints and soreness and pain of the shoulders and back caused by invasion of wind-cold-dampness pathogens, especially suitable for pain in the upper half of the body. This product can dispel wind and overcome dampness, disperse cold and relieve pain. It is often used together with Fangfeng, as in Juanbi Tang.

4. Used for externally contracted wind-cold, aversion to cold and fever, headache and body pain, and other syndromes. This product has a relatively strong effect of dispersing wind-cold and relieving pain. It is often used together with Fangfeng, Baizhi, Xixin, and others, as in Jiuwei Qianghuo Tang.

3. Contraindications of Notopterygium root

1. This product has a relatively strong pungent, aromatic, warm, and dry nature, so it should be used with caution by those with yin deficiency and blood deficiency. It should be used with caution by those with headache due to yin deficiency.

2. "Bencao Jingshu": For headache due to blood deficiency and generalized body pain and bone pain accompanied by chills and fever, these belong to internal syndromes, and mistaken use may instead worsen the condition.

3. It is contraindicated in cases of bi pain due to blood deficiency.

The market demand for Notopterygium root is still relatively high, and the prospects for cultivation are also very good. If conditions permit, growers might as well try cultivating Notopterygium root.