Dayi Huanglian

Dayi Huanglian

　　Dayi Huanglian is located in Dayi County and serves as a key traditional Chinese medicine production base for Chengdu. It is used to treat high fevers from warm diseases, excessive thirst and irritability, reckless movement of blood heat, as well as heat-toxin sores and abscesses.

　　Introduction: Dayi Huanglian is found on the side of Jiuding Mountain at an altitude of 1,100 meters in Maqiao Village, Chujian Town, Dayi County. Here, several large, connected mountain peaks are covered in rich dark green, full of life and energy. In fact, this is a 1,500-acre Huanglian (Coptis) base invested and built by Sichuan Tulan Pharmaceutical Chengdu Medicinal Materials Planting Co., Ltd., which was introduced to Dayi County. With an investment of 8 million yuan, the base has not only transformed barren hills into an oasis but also provided job opportunities for 700 local farmers. Dayi County is abundant in valuable medicinal herbs such as Huanglian (Coptis), Huangbo (Phellodendron), Houpo (Magnolia bark), and Duzhong (Eucommia), making it a key traditional Chinese medicine production base for Chengdu.

　　Geographical Resources: The area around Jiuding Mountain stands at an altitude of about 1,100 meters, featuring thick soil with strong fertility, a moist climate, and summer temperatures that are 5 to 7 degrees Celsius lower than those at lower altitudes—making it the optimal environment for growing Huanglian. Starting in the summer and autumn of 2003, hundreds of local residents began clearing land to plant Huanglian. By the autumn of the following year, a team of 700 people had marched up the mountain to launch a large-scale land-clearing campaign. After more than two years of unremitting effort, the largest Huanglian base in Chengdu, spanning 1,500 acres, was finally completed.