Are there any valuable Chinese herbal medicines on the mountains in rural areas? How to tell?

From the point of view that all herbs are medicines, various Chinese herbal medicines can be found everywhere in some mountainous areas with well-preserved natural ecological environment in rural areas. But when it comes to valuable Chinese herbal medicines, it's hard to find them. Rare things are precious, and most precious Chinese herbal medicines are rare and scarce.

So, what precious Chinese herbal medicines are there in the mountainous areas of rural areas at present? How to tell? Let me tell you something:

1, wild Dendrobium

Wild Dendrobium mainly grows in wet places in mountainous areas, such as wet rock cliffs, dense and wet old trunks or branches. Because wild Dendrobium grows in high and steep places, it is difficult and dangerous to collect Dendrobium in the mountains. At present, there are fewer and fewer wild Dendrobium, so it is not easy to find a wild Dendrobium. Its price naturally rises, generally at 200-400 yuan a catty, dried Dendrobium is more expensive, and some reach 4,000 yuan a catty.

2. Wild Panax notoginseng

Notoginseng Radix, especially Yunnan Notoginseng Radix, has always been famous in China, and its medicinal effects have always been highly respected. Compendium of Materia Medica, a pharmaceutical book in the Qing Dynasty, once said that Panax notoginseng is the first to enrich blood and is one of the most precious drugs in Chinese medicine. Wild Panax notoginseng, as a precious medicinal material in traditional Chinese medicine, costs several thousand yuan a catty.

3. Polygonum multiflorum Thunb

Remember when I was a child, Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. It can be seen everywhere on the hillside of our local countryside, and the climbing is very dense. Later, many people knew that they could sell money, so they dug Polygonum multiflorum Thunb up the mountain, so that it is basically extinct in our local mountains now. Polygonum multiflorum Thunb can generally sell for tens to hundreds of yuan a catty.

4. Polyporus umbellatus

Polyporus, also known as wild boar dung, pig dung, wild boar food, etc. , is a fungus Chinese herbal medicine. Although Grifola umbellata looks dark and grotesque, it is also of high value. Generally, it is dug out to remove sediment. After drying, the price is about 80-90 yuan per catty.

In a word, it is more and more difficult to find and pick valuable Chinese herbal medicines in rural mountainous areas. Although their prices are getting more and more expensive, there are fewer and fewer people collecting medicines in rural areas. At present, many Chinese herbal medicines are mainly cultivated artificially.