Where is the best wormwood in Hubei?

Hubei wormwood is of course the best in Qichun County. Qichun wormwood is a specialty of Qichun County, Hubei Province, and a national geographical indication product. It is one of the four treasures of Qichun and enjoys a high reputation throughout the country. Also known as mugwort, mugwort, ice platform, mugwort, etc. The whole plant is used as medicine, which has high medicinal value and has the functions of warming meridians, removing dampness, relieving asthma and cough, dispelling cold and stopping bleeding.

Hometown of wormwood in Hubei

Of course, wormwood in Hubei is the best in Qichun County, Hubei Province, and it is also the hometown of Li Shizhen, the "medicine saint". The wormwood produced in Qichun is famous all over the world for its rich aroma and thick paper leaves. It is a geographical indication product of AQSIQ, and its products have been exported all over the world.

From 20 14, local planting of mugwort began. At present, there are 2,752 AI-making enterprises in Qichun County, with a planting area of 242,000 mu and an annual output value of 6 billion yuan. The mugwort industry has driven 65438+ ten thousand people to obtain employment, including the primary industry (growers), the secondary industry (workshop workers) and the tertiary industry (salespeople and moxibustion technicians). Among them, the average monthly income of moxibustion teachers exceeds 6000 yuan.

At the same time, Qichun, Hubei Province has also created a number of famous brands of wormwood products. Among them, mugwort is a well-known brand, which belongs to Li Shizhen Pharmaceutical Group (a group integrating mugwort planting, mugwort product production, mugwort research, mugwort moxibustion and Industry-University-Research, a big health industry).

Reasons for the high price of Artemisia argyi in Qichun

Long culture period

As the king of wormwood, there are very high requirements for the cultivation of wormwood. In order to ensure the high quality of raw materials, local growers strictly abide by the standards.

The planting time of Artemisia argyi leaves in Qichun is from March to April every spring. It can't be too early or too late, which will affect the planting of Artemisia argyi leaves. Before planting, soil preparation should be done to ensure that the plot is soft and fertile.

When sowing, keep the interval, dig a small pit every 40-50 cm, put 2-3 seeds in each pit, cover it with thin soil and water it properly. It takes a lot of fertilizer and water to enter the seedling stage, so topdressing should be done in time so as to grow vigorously.

Higher labor costs

In order to make the quality of mugwort better, mugwort is cultivated artificially. Especially when the picking period comes, the centralized and rapid picking demand will lead to more manpower. In addition, in recent years, the planting area of Artemisia argyi has expanded, and the labor cost is also rising. In addition, with the development of the overall economic market, the labor cost itself is much higher than in the past.

market demand

With the epidemic raging in recent two years, consumers are paying more and more attention to health. The role of moxibustion in health care and improving immunity has been deeply recognized by people, which has brought another wave of consumption boom of wormwood.

Business opportunities have come, and enterprises related to wormwood and wormwood products have sprung up like mushrooms after rain, further promoting consumers' awareness and use of wormwood, thus increasing the demand for wormwood.