Scrophulariae Radix Increases Income of Rural Residents

On February 17, at the Chinese herbal medicine planting base in Niuji town of Qiaocheng District, a scene of bustling activity presents itself. We see heavy harvest machineries shuffle back and forth in the field, with farmers busy collecting genuine Radix Scrophulariae behind them. For the past few years, Niuji town has fully leveraged its resource superiority and focused on developing planting demonstration base for Chinese herbal medicines such as salvia miltiorrhiza bunge, scrophulariae Radix and saposhnikoviae radix. With their planting area as large as over 20,000 mu, the output value per year also rises above 100 million yuan. The Chinese herbal medicine has become an effective booster for increasing income of local people.