| Abstract: | Investigation on the culture of Chinese medicine herb in Nantou County
Asian University of bioinformatics Master of the working class
Cheng-Hui Chen
Abstract
Nantou County’s natural geography environment is from the plains to the mountains, with all types of weather, included the tropics, with warm temperate, the frigid zone, and abundant rainfall, and has a variety of different types of soil, this diverse environment changes, as appropriate to try to the development of Chinese herbal medicine cultivation of the region.
Through related study found that over the years, Nantou County is rich in Chinese herbal medicine resources, the county government also intends to upgrade Nantou County's agricultural competitiveness and value-added, encourage farmers to use many of the mountain in Nantou County orchards, agricultural land to plant with kinds of Chinese herbal medicine, Therefore, development present situation this region Chinese medicine cultivation is worth further studying and discussion. Thus, did this study.
The purpose of this study is to investigate the cultivation of Chinese herbal medicine status in Nantou County . Hope that the survey findings by the Government to provide medicine, research and development, management unit, academia, industry or non-governmental organizations related to Chinese herbal medicine research as a reference, more active investment in research and promotion of high economic value of Chinese herbal medicine in Nantou County.
This study by the qualifications to collect, study literature, and through field visits, Nantou County endemic crop production and marketing classes, farm and garden herbs, since October 95 to June 97, a total of 38 investigations and studies (units contain only paper record ). Recording by the local cultivation of herbs and Chinese herbal medicine, also took photos at the scene and local Chinese herbal medicine planting circumstances. Summarized as follows:
First, Chinese herbal medicine to education and research park for the purpose of planting Chinese herbal medicine is the most variety and less, mainly on a trial cultivation, such as: Forestry Research Institute L. Branch, Rong Shi-drug Park, the herb garden-yuan; special use Agricultural crop production and marketing classes or through the Council of Agriculture Research Institute of technical guidance and mutual exchanges among members of classes in order to achieve volume production of the township's high economic value of Chinese herbal medicine for the purpose, such as: Puli Township of the Fushan drug production and marketing classes, were among the rural The timing of the first yam production and marketing classes, were among the second class township yam production and marketing classes, South special classes with crop production and marketing, fish pond Xiangnong will use special crop production and marketing classes. Township farm was the combination of leisure tourism, local specialty products, with the exception of Chinese herbs were planted plants, but also the production line even tomorrow contours of the economic value of Chinese herbal medicines, such as: an ecological education Taiwan agricultural park, Lin Yuan of the farms, Snowy Mountains Organic farms, the harvest of Ganoderma lucidum Gulei ecological farms.
Second, Nantou County high economic value of Chinese herbal medicines are Dioscorea alata LINN., Anoectochilus formosanus HAYATA, Angelica keiskei (MIQ.) KOIDZ, Eleutherococcus senticosus (RUPER.et MAXIM.)MAXIM., Cirsium japonicum DC., Ajuga taiwanensis NAKAI ex MURATA. and Zanthozylum ailanthoides SIEB. & ZUCC., Crassulaceae raptopetalum paragwayese(N.E. BR.)E.walth., Ganoderma Lucidium (LEYSS. ex FR) KARSTEN, Agaricus blazei MURILL. about 10 kinds of mushrooms. Farmers from planting rice to plant the above herbs to enhance revenue, cultural profile is as follows:
(1) Dioscorea alata LINN.: The name of the town of Puli Township and was the largest producing areas, an area of 258.2 hectares to the cultivation of green plastic cultivation, a year from February to April planting, 9-October harvest, each Building Members present annual output of about 3000-4000 catties.
(2) Anoectochilus formosanus HAYATA.: to Puli Township, Yuchih Township for the important producing areas, production and marketing classes cultivation area of 27.83 hectares, with tissue culture cultivation methods, in the summer and autumn harvest, harvest, 1-2, the annual output Taiwan Building Members present about 500-600 catties dry weight, Mei Taijin market value of about $3,000 NT dollars.
(3) Angelica keiskei (MIQ.) KOIDZ.: Puli Township, the name of the township, Yuchih Township for the important producing areas, the cultivation area of about 30 hectares, planting of seeds cultivation fan, or a year from March to April can be planted from September to November, leaves tomorrow Ready to harvest, each Building Members present annual output of about 3000-5000 catties dry weight.
(4) Eleutherococcus senticosus (RUPER.et MAXIM.)MAXIM.: Yuchih Township, Puli Township is important producing areas, cutting way to cultivation. Planting a year before the Ching Ming Festival ,9-October harvest, each Building Members present annual output of about 500 catties.
(5) Cirsium japonicum DC.: Caring Township, Puli Township, and so there are planted to plant seeds of prosperity or division of reproductive cultivation. The annual July to October planting, Zaihou summer harvest next year.
(6) Ajuga taiwanensis NAKAI ex MURATA.: Currently in Chushan Township Rong Shi-drug Park, the cultivation area of about 1,000 level ground, seed multiplication of cultivation. Flowering period from March to July, the period from May to September. Spring, summer, autumn can be collected three quarters, Taiwan's annual production of about 7,500 catties.
(7) Zanthozylum ailanthoides SIEB. & ZUCC.: currently Puli Township in a well-known characteristics of the ingredients to seed multiplication of cultivation, planting or harvest seasons can be.
(8) Crassulaceae raptopetalum paragwayese(N.E. BR.)E.walth.: among the rural people, Puli Township, Lugu Township, and so there are planted in cutting cultivation methods, in the best planted from August to October each year.
(9) Ganoderma Lucidium (LEYSS. ex FR) KARSTEN.: Puli Township is important producing areas, with space package cultivation methods, can be harvested all year round.
(10) Agaricus blazei MURILL.: among the rural people, Tsaotun Township, Puli Township Yuchih Township and the importance of producing areas, with space package cultivation methods, can be harvested all year round.
Third, according to Forestry Research Institute L. Branch, Rong Shi-drug Park, the herb garden-yuan of Chinese herbs, such as interviews showed that the main Park: Park sophisticated variety of herbs cultivation conditions, Nantou County with the environment suitable for cultivation, cultivation stage for the trial, Should be able to try to expand cultivation, increasing output and sales since the wholesale or origin, for food or medical care as a Chinese herbal medicine, the park have grown for cultivation, including Isatis indigotica FORTUNE.,Cornus officinalis SIEB et ZUCC.,Cinnamomoum osmophloeum KANEHIRA., and other 66 kinds of Chinese herbal medicines, Included in this paper, the relevant units for reference or research staff. |
