T/HTCMA 057-2022 Henan Local Medicinal Materials: Cultivation Techniques for Salvia Miltiorrhiza
T/HTCMA 057-2022
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Main technical content: Salvia miltiorrhiza Bge, the dried roots and rhizomes of the Labiatae family plant Salvia miltiorrhiza Bge, has the functions of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, regulating menstrual pain, clearing the heart and relieving anxiety, and cooling blood and eliminating abscesses. It is used for treating chest pain, abdominal and rib pain, tumors and masses, heat pain and sadness, insomnia, irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea and amenorrhea, and wounds and swellings. The records of Salvia miltiorrhiza's origin date back to the "Notes on Famous Doctors": "It grows in Tongbai Mountain (within Tongbai County, Nanyang City, Henan Province), Chuan Valley and Taishan (now in Tai'an City, Shandong Province), and the roots are harvested in May". The main products of Salvia miltiorrhiza are cultivated, with major production areas including Henan, Shandong, Shanxi, and Anhui. Fangcheng County, Henan Province, located at the dividing line between the North Subtropical and South Warm Temperate Zones, Tongbai Mountains and Fubon Mountains, Huaihe River Basin and Yangtze River Basin, Nanyang Basin and Huang-Hua Plain, and North China Platform and Qinling Trench, produces Yudan Shen with thick stems, purple-red color, good quality, and excellent therapeutic effects, which was praised by the Medical Saint Zhang Zhongjing as the best among Salvia miltiorrhiza. This document applies to the cultivation of Salvia miltiorrhiza in Henan, and other ecologically similar production areas can also refer to it according to the actual situation of their own regions.