China Is Recognized As The World's Main Producer Of Cistanche Deserticola, With The Origin Of Hetian Tube Flower Cistanche Deserticola As An Outstanding Representative
May 28, 2024
China is recognized as the world's main production area of Cistanche deserticola, with the tubular flower Cistanche deserticola from Hetian as an outstanding representative. It has a history of over two thousand years of written records on consumption and medicinal use. Due to the unique biological code constraints and the strict requirements for ecological environment and natural climate conditions, only the Hetian region in Xinjiang, China, as well as the adjacent latitudes of Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh, are most suitable for the natural growth of Cistanche deserticola. Its active ingredient content is the highest and its medicinal value is the most prominent.
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The desert deserticola in Alxa, Inner Mongolia, also grows in the desert and has strong drought resistance. However, its nutritional value and functional components are not as high as those of the tubular deserticola. The tubular deserticola grows on the southern edge of the Taklamakan Desert and parasitizes on the roots of the red willow. The growth environment is harsh, and it is easier for the human body to absorb compared to the desert deserticola. Currently, only two technological breakthroughs have been achieved in the artificial cultivation of Cistanche deserticola in China. Among them, Cistanche deserticola, which is naturally distributed in the southern edge of the Taklamakan Desert centered on Hotan, has a content of effective functional components that is 5 to 10 times higher than that of Cistanche deserticola, whether grown naturally or artificially.
Cistanche deserticola is the most frequently used traditional Chinese medicine for tonifying kidney yang and nourishing essence and blood throughout history in China. It was first recorded in the "Shennong Bencao Jing" and is listed as a top-grade herb, with clear records of all previous herbal medicines.
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Cistanche deserticola is rich in phenylethanoid glycosides. Modern pharmacological research shows that it has therapeutic and healthcare effects in many aspects, such as enhancing immune function, improving learning and memory ability, resisting Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, protecting the liver and the liver, anti-fatigue, anti-aging, moistening intestines and relieving constipation, and is known as "desert ginseng". The growth and reproduction of Cistanche deserticola have very strict requirements for climate and environment, and its unique medicinal and health benefits have attracted people's attention. Long-term predatory mining has led to its endangered status. Compared to other immortal grasses, Cistanche deserticola is rare in nature for growth and survival, making it difficult to carry out large-scale commercial development. Through long-term evolution in nature, Cistanche deserticola has developed its unique biological characteristics, and the success rate of parasitism in its natural state is extremely low. Developing large-scale cultivation of Cistanche deserticola is the only way to address the rapidly growing demand.
As early as 1976, personnel from the Hotan Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Materials Department used the method of digging trenches and sowing seeds to successfully inoculate the tube flower Cistanche deserticola (Dayun). However, due to the large amount of seeds used and the scarcity and high price of wild seed resources, this technology cannot be promoted. In the early 1990s, Tu Pengfei went to Hotan to systematically study the artificial planting technology of Cistanche deserticola. In 1999, a research group on the industrialization of Cistanche deserticola was established in the Hotan area, and it collaborated with Professor Tu to carry out scientific research on artificial breeding. In August 2002, the artificial planting of Cistanche deserticola was declared successful. Since then, the artificial planting area in the Hotan area has been expanding year by year, reaching over 500000 acres by the end of 2015. From this, farmers have increased their income, environmental desertification has been suppressed, and the industrial development of Di Chen Guan Hua Cistanche has also received a basic supply of raw materials.
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The breakthrough and promotion of artificial planting technology of Cistanche deserticola in Hetian, the country of origin, is undoubtedly an important contribution made by Hetian to the cause of human health. However, the slow progress of large-scale industrial development has seriously constrained the deep development and utilization of this characteristic resource in Hotan.
Through more than 20 years of unremitting efforts and the close integration of industry, academia, research, and application, Hotan Emperor Chen and Professor Tu Pengfei's research team have focused on Hotan and devoted themselves to research. From the traditional efficacy, material basis, mechanism of action, inoculation biology, and cultivation and planting technology research of Cistanche deserticola, to artificial breeding, large-scale planting promotion, effective ingredient extraction, health clinical application, and industrial development, they have implemented a vast system of systematic engineering. They have broken through multiple technical difficulties in the artificial planting of parasitic plants internationally, researched and solved a series of economic and technical problems and processing core technologies in the large-scale breeding, artificial cultivation, and high-yield and stable planting of Cistanche deserticola, and established corresponding independent intellectual property rights systems.
Effects of Cistanche-Immprove kidney function
Emperor Chen worked hard and meticulously laid out the industrial development of Guanhua Cistanche, from breeding good varieties and guiding planting techniques to purchasing fresh products. He collaborated with local governments to implement a complete supporting system and standards, vigorously developed order planting, and promoted the development and control of the natural resources of Guanhua Cistanche while promoting the prevention and control of desertification in red willow planting.
Including ecological agriculture primarily focused on breeding and cultivation; The green industry, mainly focused on fresh product processing and functional ingredient purification, and the characteristic commercial components, mainly focused on plant extracts and series of health food marketing, are the three organic components that Emperor Chen is striving to build. The carbon sink ecosystem of the characteristic industrial chain of Guanhua Cistanche has begun to emerge.
Desert ginseng-Improve immunity
Under the guidance of Professor Tu, Emperor Chen took the functional ingredient extract of Cistanche deserticola as the king, scientifically combined ginseng extract and astragalus extract, and successfully developed a series of health products that are pure, natural, nondependent, all-round conditioning, and have significant effects. This opened up a new era of scientific utilization and efficient absorption of the magical functional value of the Chinese nourishing treasure Cistanche deserticola.
