Wild Gastrodia Elata from Leigong Mountain

Wild Gastrodia Elata from Leigong Mountain

　　Wild Gastrodia Elata from Leigong Mountain is a specialty of Leigong Mountain in Leishan County, Qiandongnan Prefecture, Guizhou Province. The unique climate and special soil of Leigong Mountain produce wild Gastrodia Elata with exceptionally high levels of gastrodin and trace elements, earning it the reputation of “High-Quality Gastrodia of Guizhou<高丽人参、贵州天麻>.” The product sells well both domestically and abroad.

　　Leigong Mountain is a national forest reserve, a precious natural heritage for humanity and a magnificent treasure of the Chinese nation. It has been referred to by UNESCO as “the best-preserved unpolluted ecological and cultural sanctuary on Earth today, an ideal kingdom for humans to return to simplicity and nature, and one of the world’s top ten forest tourism destinations.” The unique climate and special soil here produce wild Gastrodia Elata with exceptionally high levels of gastrodin and trace elements, earning it the reputation of “High-Quality Gastrodia of Guizhou,” and the product sells well both domestically and abroad.

　　Fangxiang Township Shizhang Gastrodia Development Co., Ltd. in Leishan County is a private enterprise primarily engaged in the research, cultivation, and processing of Gastrodia. Through over 30 years of dedicated research and development, the company successfully used wild Gastrodia from the Leigong Mountain area (a national forest park) as seed stock, and with advanced scientific techniques, achieved a major breakthrough in sexual propagation of Gastrodia elata Blume. It has cultivated a strain that is highly resistant, high-yielding, and of superior quality. Research by Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine shows that the gastrodin content—the active component—of the company’s Gastrodia is the highest in the country (0.75–1.16%), and it contains beneficial trace elements such as molybdenum, chromium, rubidium, cobalt, and copper.

　　Wild Gastrodia not only has high medicinal value, but also significant value as a health food, tonic, and culinary ingredient. Common folk uses include steaming or boiling Gastrodia with eggs, cooking it with pig brain, stewing it with chicken, or roasting it with duck. These preparations are convenient, delicious, nutritious, and uniquely flavorful. They not only satisfy people's desire to enjoy Gastrodia, but also help strengthen the body, ward off colds, and can treat conditions such as dizziness, migraines, and hypertension. Through centuries of practice and recent research, meat, poultry, fish hot pot, and casserole dishes featuring Gastrodia as the main ingredient have become staple delicacies in hotels, restaurants, and health-focused eateries.

　　Wild Gastrodia is a fine tonic with both therapeutic and health-enhancing benefits. Consuming it has been shown to relax vascular smooth muscle, reduce cerebrovascular resistance, promote myocardial energy metabolism, improve myocardial blood circulation, increase nutritive blood flow and oxygen supply to the heart muscle, and protect against myocardial hypoxia and cellular damage. It also enhances and restores immune function.