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It's the height of summer, and crops like corn and rice are at their fastest growing stage. For farmers, the field management of crops during this period is a critical moment. Because the temperature is high and the crops grow quickly, it is not only necessary to water the crops in time, but also to remove weeds in the field in time. Otherwise, these weeds will rob crops of the nutrients they need to grow, affecting their growth.
Weeds in the field may seem to have a negative impact on crop growth, but many weeds are valuable. For example, some weeds are high-quality wild vegetables, and some weeds are high-quality Chinese herbs. And today we are going to talk about this weed, it is a poisonous plant, but its value is very high. Many people may have dug it to sell it for money, and now its market price is as high as more than 40 yuan a catty, and it is Banxia.
Children who grew up in the countryside may have had the experience of digging for half a summer. At that time, during the holidays, especially during the summer vacation, I would go to the fields or mountains to dig for half a summer. When a certain amount of Banxia is collected, it will be sold by the Chinese herbal medicine company for money. When we were young (in the eighties), the purchase price of Banxia was about 5 cents a catty. Collecting money from the sale of a summer vacation is enough to meet the expenses of snacks, school supplies, etc. for a semester.
Banxia is known to us as a three-step soul, a taro or a three-step jump. The whole plant is poisonous, especially the tuber is more toxic, mild poisoning and numbness of the mouth and tongue, and severe poisoning may be fatal. The Chinese herbal medicine company acquired Banxia, and only its tubers were collected. Although there are a lot of Banxia in the wild, because of its small size, it is more difficult to collect a catty.
As early as in the "Shennong Materia Medica", there is a record of Banxia, which is listed as the top grade in medicinal materials. And we don't have a special cultivation of it here, mainly because there are too many wild ones, and almost no one wants to dig the wild ones now.
In recent years, the prices of all Chinese herbal medicines have risen. Some time ago, I went to look at the purchase price of Chinese herbal medicine by our Chinese herbal medicine company here, and found that now the purchase price of our dry summer has reached 73 yuan a catty. But despite the high price, few people dig it.
Why? The main reason is that shade-tolerant rather than shade-loving plants can grow luxuriantly under moderate shading conditions. However, if the light is too strong, it will be difficult to survive in the middle of the summer. The vast majority of the wild Banxia here grows in the corn field, and now there are very few farmers who grow corn, and the wild Banxia is difficult to find.
In addition, as mentioned earlier, Banxia is smaller, and it is more troublesome to dig Banxia. After the harvest is dug up, the Chinese herbal medicine company will only acquire it after cleaning and scraping the skin. Many people find it troublesome, so they are naturally reluctant to dig.
Nowadays, there are many places where there is a half-summer planting, and when a kind of Chinese herbal medicine begins to be planted on a large scale, it proves that its value is slowly increasing. After the emergence of medicinal materials such as Banxia, the quality and efficacy of medicinal materials can be improved through ecological planting, the ecological environment can be protected, and regional economic development and farmers' income can be increased, which has great economic and social value.
Finally, have you ever had the experience of digging for half a summer? What is the current purchase price of Banxia in your place?