Cangxi Salvia miltiorrhiza

Cangxi Salvia miltiorrhiza

　　Cangxi Salvia miltiorrhiza is a traditional medicinal herb product from Cangxi County. With a long history of large-scale artificial cultivation, the area’s unique natural conditions endow Cangxi Salvia miltiorrhiza with superior quality and high medicinal content. It leads the nation in yield per unit, drug potency, root color, and appearance. Cangxi is truly a major county for medicinal herb cultivation. In recent years, the county has focused on developing this traditional strength as a key strategy for poverty alleviation. By adhering to the “enterprise + cooperative + farmer” model, and relying on specialized cooperatives to provide seedlings and specialized fertilizers, farmers sign contracts with companies that guarantee minimum purchase prices. This creates a community of shared interests among enterprises, cooperatives, and farmers, enhancing the public’s resilience to risks. At the same time, funding has been positioned as the core of industrial development, with an emphasis on “private investment as the main source, public contribution as supplementary,” continuously broadening financing channels to promote the scaled and standardized development of the county’s Salvia miltiorrhiza industry. To strengthen the Cangxi Salvia miltiorrhiza industry, the county applies industrial concepts to develop the herbal medicine sector. It has attracted investors to put 10 million yuan into leasing 15 acres of land and constructing three new Salvia miltiorrhiza primary processing plants. This enables local processing of medicinal herbs and on-the-spot labor transfer, continually improving comprehensive production capacity. The initiative aims to establish a full industrial chain in the county covering planting, processing, manufacturing, sales, and leisure tourism of medicinal herbs, presenting broad market prospects.