Sichuan Jiuzhaigou is a vegetable kingdom in China. There are numerous foliages for medicinal materials in Jiuzhaigou. When you are in Jiuzhaigou, the medicinal materials or Chinese herbs are items for shopping. And then you would better buy these goods from big drug stores or national hold stores.

Jiuzhaigou Songbei of Jiuzhaigou
There are over ten categories of fritillaries in China, and Chuanbei is the most famous branch. Among all the Chuanbei series, Songbei is the best. Chuanbei is a genus of fritillaria mainly grows in Sichuan and is used in traditional Chinese cough remedies.They ofthen have nodding, bell or cup-shaped flowers. As some fritillaries major grew in Songpan County of Sichuan in the past time, they were named Songbei. The Songbei are the special Chuanbei. They ofthen have nodding, bell or cup-shaped flowers. They are the top grade Chinese medicine materials.

Jiuzhaigou Chinese Angelica
Chinese angelica also called dang quai or tang kuei as a kind of Chinese traditional medicine is a herb in the celery family. Angelica is native to China, so it often named Chinese angelica and the tang kuei-the Chinese pronounce. In China, Jiuzhaigou is one of the most famous places for Chinese angelica planting. The tang kuei is commonly known as the “female ginseng”. What we usually see is that the drying roots of angelica. Tang kuei are often used in Chinese traditional medicine to treat gynecological ailments, fatigue, mild anemia and high blood pressure. As an important Chinese herbology, different parts of the Chinese angelica are believed to have different actions-the head of the root has anticoagulant activity, the main part of the root is tonic restorative and the end root has the function of eliminate blood stagnation.

Jiuzhaigou Aweto
At the beginning of summer in Jjiuzhaigou, there are many small plants grown in high mountains. Those mountains are about 3000 meters to 5000 meters in height. And the small plants are awetoes. In that time, the high mountains are still covered by snow and the little awetoes will pullulate from the snow. They look as if scabbards or worms in amaranth color. Each of them measures about 6 cm in length at most. Though the awetoes are little in size, they are very costly. Aweto in Chinese is called Dongchongxiacao which means to be a worm in winter and to be herb in summer. Avetoe has unique life cycles, the worm come from fungus that spends the whole life cycle living off one host-a moth. So the aweto live with the moths underground in winter, then they break though the soil in the early summer. Aweto has the functions of nourish the kidney, improving body immunity, smooth the lungs, hemostasia, staving caducity and so on. The aweto are regarded as titbits by foreigners and domestic people.

Jiuzhaigou Rhizoma Gastrodiae
Rhizoma gastrodiae is one of the famous Chinese herbs in Jiuzhaigou. Rhizoma gastrodiae called “Tianma” in Chinese is the tuber of elevated gastrodia. The rhizome gastrodize grows on mountain areas with the altitude between 400 meters and 3300 meters. Rhixoma gastrodae enjoys high medicinal value and the tough growth condition; Chinese rhizome gastrodiae can not meet the demand in market. In Jiuzhaigou of Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, there is a breed of rhizoma gastrodiae which is one of the best in quality, most valuable and rarest species among all categories of rhizoma gastrodiae. This breed is called Wugan Tianma in Chinese. The wild rhizoma gastrodiae, especially the top grade breed, is very costly and hardly found. When shopping rhizoma gastrodiae in Jiuzhaigou, if you want to buy wild ones, you would better find some one who is expert in distinguishing the rhizoma gastrodiae in good quality.

Jiuzhaigou Snow Saussurea (Snow Lotus)
Snow Saussurea also snow lotus is a genus of threatened extinction herbal material in China even in the entire world. People are working hard to save the snow lotus from extinction. The snow lotus is favor crevices of steeps of Jiuzhaigou which are above 3500 meters and covered by snow all seasons. It having cottony, white flower grows slowly. Usually, only 5 percent of seeds can sprout, and the plant requires three years of growth to reach fruition. Medicinal used for the flower range from rheumatism to women disease. Snow lotus blossom is an antipyretic and detoxifying medicine too, and is often used to cure rheumatoid arthritis. It can as well help to release aches, enrich blood, and warm the uterus. The snow Saussurea is popularly used in Chinese medicine and prized by tourists. It is highly sought after by tourists as symbol of the region and a memento of their visit.

Jiuzhaigou Saffron Crocus
Although Jiuzhaigou is not the main region for saffron growing, it is still one of the places for wild saffron. Saffron especially the wild saffron crocus is a genus of costly species in Jiuzhaigou, China and world. Saffron characterized by a bitter taste and hay-like fragrance is often dried and used in cooking as a seasoning and coloring agent and also a costly and important Chinese traditional herbal material. As the wild saffron is a genus of rare and costly plant species, you distinguish the fake from the real one. You can check it by taste (bitter taste), color in boiled water (xanthein), and smell (special fragrance). Wish every body can find the real valuable saffron crocus from Jiuzhaigou.

JiuzhaigouXue Cha (Snow Tea)
Xue Cha or Di Xue Cha is the Chinese name for snow tea. The snow tea grows on high mountains above 3000-4000 meters. That is to say, the snow tea grows in snow land. Snow tea can be divided into white snow tea and green snow tea. That tea grows in cypress wood on mountains of Jiuzhaigou covered by snow all year round. It favors snowy environment. The snow tea contains vermicularin, thamnolic acid, spiamatic acid, baeomy-cesic acid, D-arabition and manni-tol. Xue Cha characterized by slightly bitter taste and faint scent has high medicinal value. It is effective to curing pneumonia, cough, falling sickness, crack-up and high blood pressure. People of Jiuzhaigou like to make it as tea. Xue Cha is not only good to for health care, but also is a kind of nice gift to relatives or friends.

Other Costful Herbs of Jiuzhaigou
Jiuzhaigou is a plant kingdom. The medicinal materials are varied such as Hou Pu, Du Zhong, Himalayan mayapple, caragana, cuckoopint, silverberry, bezoar and toadstool, etc. Hou Pu is the cortex of magnolia officinal. It is also the threatened extinction pant species of China. Hou Pu having bitter taste and the cortex is hyoscine. Du Zhong (to chung in Cantonese) has sweet, slightly acrid and warm characteristics. Du Zhong is the tonic for liver and kidney, strengthening muscles and bones and also stabilizing pregnancy. Then it can be used in chronic pain in lower back and knees, lack of strength, dizziness, impotence, irregular menses and frequent urination. Himalayan mayapple is a genus of protective species in China. The root shaped stem and fruit of Himalayan mayapple are medicinal materials. Cuckoopint is a genus of arum in Jiuzhaigou with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum. Silverberry is deciduous unarmed shrub with silvery leaves and fruits in Jiuzhaigou. The fruits, leaves and roots from the silverberry all are medicinal materials. Caragana is a genus of plant having even-pinnate leaves and mostly yellow flowers followed by seeds in a linear pod. Caragana roots and flowers have medicine value. Dangshen is a perennial grass with long and round roots for pharmaceutical use. Toadstool grows in Jiuzhaigou of Sichuan Province is edible. It is not only a delicious agaric but also a choiceness Chinese herb.

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