Con Cuong: 2 precious medicinal products released to the market

(Baonghean.vn) – Exploiting its potential advantages, Con Cuong cooperated with Thanh An Agricultural Science and Technology Service Joint Stock Company to successfully implement a project to grow, process and supply to the market two medicinal products: Solanum procumbens and Gymnema sylvestre.

Medicinal herbs are grown in Chi Khe - Con Cuong. Photo: TC

Realizing the potential advantages suitable for growing medicinal plants in the area and aiming to transform the structure of crops and livestock, creating commodity products, at the end of 2016, Con Cuong district implemented a science and technology project to build a medicinal plant growing model in Chi Khe.

The project was supported with funding for training on planting and caring for precious medicinal plants, fertilizers and 16,500 varieties including: spoon, Solanum procumbens, and honeysuckle grown on an area of ​​5 hectares in Quyet Tien village, Chi Khe commune.

Former Minister of Trade Truong Dinh Tuyen visits the medicinal herb garden in Chi Khe. Photo: Ba Hau

After implementing the project, Thanh An Agricultural Science and Technology Services Joint Stock Company invested in building roads to transport raw materials, a solar-powered medicinal herb dryer, a factory, closed-loop processing machinery for products and taking good care of the raw material area, which has now yielded harvests.

Solar-powered raw material dryer. Photo: TV

The raw materials of honeysuckle, ca gai leo, and gymnema sylvestre are processed to ensure the correct technical process. After being harvested, the raw materials are brought to the factory and washed with a multi-purpose foaming medicinal herb washing machine, then cut into pieces and dried using solar drying technology. After drying, the raw materials are stored in the warehouse and the medicinal herb roasting process is carried out using a rotary drum roasting technology. Next, the medicinal herbs are finely ground and packaged according to standards. With a closed chain, ensuring strict technical requirements, the unit has currently sold two product lines to the market: medicinal tea and tea bags.

Packing Gymnema Sylvestre tea products at the facility. Photo: TC

Gymnema sylvestre, Solanum procumbens, and Lonicera japonica are valuable medicinal plants that support the treatment of a number of diseases such as type 1 and type 2 diabetes, help lower and stabilize blood pressure and blood fat (Gymnema sylvestre); protect and restore liver cells, lower liver enzymes, enhance liver function in cases of impaired liver function due to hepatitis, fatty liver, hepatitis B, and alcohol detoxification (Solanum procumbens); clear heat, detoxify, and treat acne, hives, rashes, measles, cholera, and dysentery (Lonicera japonica)...

Honeysuckle, Solanum procumbens, and Gymnema sylvestre are widely adapted medicinal plants, easy to grow, easy to care for, and require little investment. Gymnema sylvestre, honeysuckle, and Solanum procumbens have a root retention time of 3 - 10 years (of which Solanum procumbens is 3 years, honeysuckle is 6 - 8 years, and Gymnema sylvestre is 9 - 10 years). With a selling price of 70 - 120 thousand VND/kg for each type after preliminary processing, with an average yield of 10 - 11 tons/ha/year, these medicinal plants can bring medicinal plant growers in Con Cuong an amount of about 100 million VND/ha/year.

Medicinal products are successfully produced in Con Cuong. Photo: Tuong Vi

The Company is currently propagating from the mother plant to deploy in Thach Ngan commune on an area of ​​3 hectares. Households have been trained in planting, caring for, harvesting, and processing the above 3 medicinal plants. It is estimated that by 2020, the area of ​​these medicinal plants will grow to about 15 hectares.

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