herbal medicine

The medicinal plants in Aershan are rich in resources, and there are many varieties. There are more than 40 kinds of common medicinal plants, such as Radix Astragali, Radix Paeoniae, Radix Platycodi, Semen Plantaginis, Herba Taraxaci, Scutellariae Radix, Radix Ginseng, Radix Paeoniae Rubra, Rhizoma Atractylodis and Sanguisorba officinalis. Paeonia belongs to Ranunculaceae, which grows in forest meadows and bushes. Its roots, leaves and flowers can be used as medicine to treat traumatic bleeding, and have the functions of expelling wind and dampness, resolving phlegm and relieving cough. Trollius chinensis is a Ranunculaceae plant, which mostly grows in mountain meadows near forests. Its flowers can be used as medicine, with the effect of clearing away heat and toxic materials, and can be used to treat tonsillitis, otitis media, lymphangitis and other diseases. Platycodon belongs to Campanulaceae, which lives in mountain meadows and bushes. Its roots can be used as medicine, which has the effects of dispersing lung, dispelling cold and eliminating phlegm, and can treat cough, sore throat, bronchitis, pleurisy and other diseases. Bupleurum dahuricum belongs to Umbelliferae, which grows in mountains and meadows. Its roots can be used as medicine to treat diseases such as cold, dysentery and hepatitis. Bupleurum chinense contains fatty oil, amino acids, etc., and has the effects of caring skin, beautifying, invigorating spleen, regulating qi and clearing lung heat. Rhododendron, also known as "Rhododendron Hinggan" and commonly known as "Ilex", belongs to the family Rhododendron. Its flowers and leaves have the functions of detoxification, clearing away lung heat and relieving cough, its roots have the functions of expelling wind and dampness, promoting blood circulation and relieving pain, and its flowers can extract aromatic oil. Since the 1960s, the purchase of medicinal plants in Aershan area has been handled by the local products purchasing department of the commercial sub-bureau. In 1973-1974, Astragalus membranaceus in Aershan purchased 50 tons, and all of them were exported. After 1985, foreign merchants went to Aershan to buy various medicinal plants; After entering the 1990s, foreign drug farmers went to the city to collect drugs.
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