Tu Pengfei, The Father Of Cistanche Deserticola, Has Been Devoted To The Desert For 25 Years And Has Become The First Person in Poverty Alleviation
Jul 16, 2024
Tu Pengfei, Professor at Peking University School of Pharmacy and National Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, and Chairman of the 10th National Pharmacopoeia Committee's Chinese Herbal Medicine Pieces Professional Committee. During the research on the active ingredients of the traditional Chinese medicine "Desert Ginseng" Cistanche deserticola, Professor Tu also provided scientific guidance on the scientific planting of the desert plant Salix and its parasitic herb Cistanche deserticola in Hotan, Xinjiang, and the construction of a new model for desert management. At the same time, he was appointed as the chief scientist of "China's leading enterprise in the industrialization of Cistanche deserticola" and Hotan Teichen Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Co., Ltd. Due to its outstanding contributions to the research and promotion of sand plants and the precious Chinese medicinal herb Cistanche deserticola, it has won the "Innovation Award" in this award.
Professor Cistanche Research on the Growth of Cistanche deserticola
Technology-based poverty alleviation
Professor Tu Pengfei has been promoting the cultivation of the precious Chinese medicinal herb Cistanche deserticola and its host, Red Willow, in desert areas since 1990, based on his research results. In the past three years, with the support of the National Science and Technology Benefit Program, 170000 acres of Cistanche deserticola and its host, Salix matsudana, have been promoted and planted in Yutian County, Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang, a national poverty-stricken county; With the development opportunity of the "the Belt and Road", we will continue to focus on the cause of Cistanche tubulosa together with Hetian Dichen Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Co., Ltd.
Hetian Dichen Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Co., Ltd. continues the footsteps of Professor Tu Pengfei and specializes in the research and development of Cistanche deserticola products. We strongly support the promotion and planting of Cistanche deserticola and Salix matsudana, ensuring the local harvesting, processing, and sales of Cistanche deserticola. This not only brings considerable economic benefits to the people in poverty-stricken areas, but also controls large deserts, builds a solid ecological barrier for Yutian Oasis, and creates a new model of sustainable desert management with Chinese characteristics and a new model of targeted poverty alleviation in desert areas.
Cistanche deserticola florescence
Cistanche deserticoeen a beneficial herb since ancient times, is known as the "Desert Ginseng" and is one of the "Nine Immortal Herbs of China". Modern research has shown that Cistanche deserticola has many benefits and is suitable for people with low energy and weakened bodies. Cistanche deserticola includes two types: desert Cistanche deserticola and tube flower Cistanche deserticola. The host of desert Cistanche deserticola is the sand plant Haloxylon ammodendron, which parasitizes the roots of Haloxylon ammodendron. The host of the tube flower Cistanche deserticola is the red willow, which parasitizes the origins of the sand plant Tamarix chinensis (commonly known as "red willow"). Among them, the tube flower Cistanche deserticola is only distributed around the Taklamakan Desert in southern Xinjiang, and the Hotan area is its authentic land.
To plant Cistanche deserticola, it is necessary to first plant the host red willow. The planting of Cistanche deserticola and red willow mutually promote each other, which can not only control the desert, improve the soil, and develop the desert into arable land, but also become an important way for farmers and herdsmen in the Hotan area to get rid of poverty and become prosperous. Red willows are highly drought-tolerant and require very little water. Their cultivation is also very rough and does not require much labor, making them very suitable for areas like Hotan which are both water scarce and labor-intensive. Since planting Cistanche deserticola in Yutian County, the number of sandstorms per year has decreased by more than 30 days compared to before.
Cistanche deserticola flower
Educational poverty alleviation
Professor Tu Pengfei has sponsored 5 college students for many years until their graduation. During his time working in Yutian, he donated 100000 yuan to improve the educational conditions of the largest local middle school, addressing issues such as a shortage of bilingual teachers and severe student turnover. Currently, Professor Tu is raising funds to establish a "Wisdom Cultivation Fund" in Tian County to promote bilingual education in the area.
National Poverty Alleviation Award
Every year, a group of individuals from all walks of life who have made outstanding contributions to poverty alleviation are selected and commended. Among them, the Progress Award is generated from the main body of poverty alleviation, and honors advanced models who have proudly lifted themselves out of poverty and led the masses to do so; The contribution award is generated from the main body of poverty alleviation work, commending advanced models of poverty alleviation in party and government organs at all levels, state-owned enterprises and institutions, military and armed police forces, democratic parties and federations of industry and commerce, and people's organizations; The Dedication Award is generated from social assistance entities and recognizes advanced poverty alleviation models among various social organizations, non-public enterprises, and individual citizens; The Innovation Award is generated from the main body of poverty alleviation and recognizes advanced models who have innovated in theory and practice in implementing precise poverty alleviation strategies.
Cistanche deserticola - a bumper harvest for farmers
Professor Tu Pengfei and his research team provide free training and guidance on the planting techniques of Cistanche deserticola to technicians, farmers, and impoverished households in Hotan every year, driving the growth of the local Cistanche deserticola planting industry and increasing the annual income of local households by nearly 10000 yuan per capita.
Adili's family owns 1.9 acres of land and their annual income is only enough to support a family of three. As a poverty alleviation target, in 2015, Adili received guidance from experts from the Di Chen Company and mastered the technology of cultivating and cultivating Cistanche deserticola. Now, he has become a senior technician with a monthly income of two to three thousand yuan,We have also built a new house at home.
With the increasing growth and technological level of the Dichen Company, the extract of Cistanche deserticola and its oral tablets, Dichen brand Kangka tablets, have gained recognition and attention from domestic and foreign markets. Currently, individual planting and processing have been replaced by base planting and GMP-compliant production workshops. Under the enterprise operation, the effective ingredient content of Cistanche deserticola is higher, the market sales are wider, and local farmers become industrial workers, which adds more job opportunities for the local area, brings more income to farmers, and creates more wealth for the local area.
Cistanche deserticola slice
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The Guanhua Cistanche, known as the "desert ginseng", has brought unlimited prospects for poverty alleviation and wealth creation to the people of southern Xinjiang, injecting tremendous vitality into poverty alleviation efforts. At present, the Hetian area has developed tens of thousands of acres of red willows and Cistanche deserticola planting, with thousands of farmers. Not only has it managed large deserts, but the Cistanche deserticola ecological industry has also become an important industry to help local poverty alleviation and prosperity. Tu Pengfei also won the 2016 National Innovation Award for Poverty Alleviation as a result.
