There are mainly six kinds: shellfish, astragalus, big rue, licorice, Panax quinquefolium, honeysuckle.
The person in charge of the Xinjiang Autonomous Region Agriculture and Rural Affairs Department's Seed Medicine Division introduced: Xinjiang's Chinese herbal medicine varieties mainly include Bei Mu, Astragalus, Da Yun, licorice, Panax quinquefolium, honeysuckle and so on. Among them, the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture production of the Ibex is a kind of valuable Chinese medicinal herbs with the Sichuan shellfish, zhebei; astragalus quality and content of active ingredients for the mainland main production areas of similar varieties of more than 2-4 times.
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p>In 2019, the area of herbal medicine planted in the whole territory was 490,600 mu, with an output of 355,000 tons. The Plan proposes that by 2022, the artificial cultivation area of Chinese herbal medicines across the border will reach 450,000 mu - 550,000 mu. By 2025, the artificial cultivation area of Chinese herbal medicine in the whole territory will reach 500,000 mu-600,000 mu.
According to the Regional Layout Plan for Advantageous Agricultural Products in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (2020-2025), Chinese herbal medicine will be laid out in 30 counties and municipalities in eight prefectures and cities in the Ili River Valley, the Ta'er Basin, the north and south edges of the Junggar Basin, the Turpan Basin and the Tarim Basin. It mainly relies on agricultural leading enterprises to expand the scale of order-based artificial cultivation, promote standardized and large-scale production, extend the chain of industrial development, increase the added value of products, and enhance the processing and transformation capacity.
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