Cultivation Practice of Chinese Medicinal Herbs

Abstract

An innovative cultivation technique for Chinese medicinal herbs had been practiced in China, which led a new road for medicinal herbs production without input of chemical fertilizer and chemical pesticides. The organic practice was based on the principle of biodiversity for pest control. An example of Panax notoginseng (Burk.) F. H. Chen was chosen for explaining cultivation technology under forest. The key technologies for P. notoginseng cultivation under forest include forest land selection, land tillage, seedling breeding and transplanting, and on-farm organic management. These technologies can standardize herbs production in large-scale under forest, and the quality and safety of P. notoginseng can be effectively improved without applying chemical pesticides and chemical fertilizer in the production process.