Lueyang Eucommia ulmoides [Shaanxi Lueyang Specialty]

What is Lueyang Eucommia ulmoides? Authentic specialty of Lueyang, Shaanxi: Lueyang Eucommia ulmoides

Summary:Do you want to know what Lueyang Eucommia ulmoides is? This article is a detailed introduction to the special product of Lueyang, Shaanxi Province - Lueyang Eucommia ulmoides. It was compiled and edited by the editorial team of China Specialty Network after reviewing and collecting relevant information on Lueyang Eucommia ulmoides. The full text takes about 15 minutes to read, mainly including the basic introduction of Lueyang Eucommia ulmoides and its nutritional value? What are the product characteristics of Lueyang Eucommia ulmoides? How did the history of Lueyang Eucommia ulmoides come about? The awards and honors of Lueyang Eucommia ulmoides, as well as the tasting and eating methods of Lueyang Eucommia ulmoides

Basic Introduction of Lueyang Eucommia ulmoides

Lueyang Eucommia ulmoides is a specialty of Lueyang County, Shaanxi Province, and a geographical indication product in China. Lueyang County is the native and suitable habitat of Eucommia ulmoides, and the central production area of Eucommia ulmoides with a long history of development. The Lueyang National Eucommia ulmoides Agricultural Standardization Demonstration Zone has passed the acceptance of the National Standardization Management Committee, and the Eucommia ulmoides produced has a bright color and high effective ingredients

Eucommia ulmoides is a traditional Chinese medicinal herb. The famous ancient Chinese medical expert Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that "Eucommia ulmoides can enter the liver and tonify the kidneys, nourish the essence and qi, strengthen muscles and bones, strengthen the mind, treat kidney deficiency and lower back pain, take it for a long time, light the body and endure aging. Eucommia ulmoides has been listed as a top-grade Chinese medicine for more than 2000 years. Li Shizhen said: Eucommia ulmoides" takes it for a long time to lighten the body and resist aging ", indicating that it has the effect of treating diseases and maintaining health without diseases

Sensory characteristics: The skin is flat in shape, with less rough skin on the outer layer, dense silver white adhesive fibers on the cross section, gray brown color, and bright purple brown color on the inner layer. The taste is slightly bitter. Thickness ≥ 0.5cm

Physical and chemical indicators: turpentine alcohol diglucoside ≥ 0.15%, alcohol soluble extract ≥ 11%, moisture ≤ 13%

Safety requirements: The product safety indicators must meet the relevant national regulations for similar products

1. During the Western Han Dynasty (111 BC), Eucommia ulmoides was recorded in the earliest medicinal book in China, "Shennong Bencao Jing": Eucommia ulmoides was produced in Shangdang (now north of Changzhi City, Shanxi Province) and Hanzhong (southern Hanzhong, Shaanxi Province)

3. Song Jin Yuan period (960-1368 AD)

① Song Tang Shenwei wrote "Supplementary Materia Medica for the Reconstruction of Politics and Classics": "... one named Sizhong, one named Kapok, born in Yushan and Shangdang, Hanzhong.

② Edited by Ai Sheng in the Song Dynasty and originally written by Tang Shenwei in "Daguan Bencao": "Born in Shangyu Valley and Shangdang, Hanzhong..."

4. Ming and Qing Dynasties (1368-1911 AD)

① Ming Dynasty Chen Jiamo wrote "Bencao Mengqi": The first one produced in Hanzhong (belonging to Sichuan), and the one with thick and moist fat is considered good

② Ming The Compendium of Materia Medica compiled by Liu Wentai et al. states: "The sutra states that Du Zhong was born in Shangyu Valley, Shangdang, and Hanzhong."

③ Written by Li Shizhen during the Ming Dynasty, "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Also recorded is Du Zhong's birth in Shangyu Valley, Shangdang, and Hanzhong."

④ Qing Dynasty Wang Ang compiled the "Essentials of Materia Medica Preparation": "From Hanzhong. Those who are thick and moist are good."

⑤ Qing Dynasty Huanggong Embroidery compiled the "Seeking Truth from Materia Medica": "Those who are thick and smooth in the Han Dynasty are good, and rough skin is removed

⑥ Clear Wang Yi'an wrote "Easy to Read Materia Medica": "Born in Shangyu Valley, Shangdang, and Hanzhong."

In addition to these literary records, there are many stories about Eucommia ulmoides that have been passed down in the local area of Lueyang, such as the legend of calling Eucommia ulmoides "silk cotton skin" and "heavenly ladder".

. There are also folk songs circulating among the people, such as "If there are silk and cotton (Eucommia ulmoides) trees at home, a healthy and strong nation will stay forever", "If there are ten silk and cotton trees (Eucommia ulmoides) at home, there will be no hesitation in providing firewood and salt (worrying)", and "If there are a thousand Eucommia ulmoides trees per household, it will cost ten thousand yuan in ten years". In terms of production and utilization, many farmers in the area have extensive experience and techniques in planting Eucommia ulmoides. In spring, the roots of large trees are dug out and cut short, and then transplanted to cultivate new seedlings. The seeds are then raised in fields by digging beds and ditches to cultivate new seedlings; Utilize the strong sprouting ability of Eucommia ulmoides and cultivate new plants by cutting and peeling them in spring. There are also many customs and habits of using Eucommia ulmoides bark to treat lower back and knee pain, drying and crushing Eucommia ulmoides leaves as additives to feed pigs to increase fertility and disease resistance, and so on. The bark of Eucommia ulmoides is used to treat lower back and knee pain; Feeding pigs with Eucommia ulmoides leaves to increase their litter size and disease resistance, and using dried Eucommia ulmoides leaves to soak in water for drinking, among other customs. In terms of sales, before the Qing Dynasty, sales were collected through trade names by water transportation to Hankou in Wuhan and Jialing River in Chongqing, and then transported nationwide. Although Lueyang was established as a county earlier, the earliest surviving county annals are recorded in the "Selected Local Gazetteers of the Ming Dynasty" in the "Lueyang County Annals" currently housed in the Shanghai Tianyi Pavilion during the Jiajing period, which includes authentic medicinal herbs such as Eucommia ulmoides, Chaxiong, and Verbena; In the "Local Chronicles of Lueyang County" during the late Qing Dynasty, there were also records of the sales of traditional Chinese medicinal materials such as Eucommia ulmoides and Bupleurum chinense, which were mainly transported by the Baishui River to Sichuan for sale. In the 1980s, due to limited resources and high market demand, the value of Eucommia ulmoides doubled. There have been farmers who became "ten thousand yuan households" overnight after discovering a large Eucommia ulmoides tree; There are also households that buy seeds for tens of thousands of yuan because there is a large female Eucommia ulmoides plant in front of their homes. In the collective Eucommia ulmoides forest in Sigoumen Village, Jinjiahe Town, the Eucommia ulmoides trunk has been peeled twice from 1993 to 2003 using the technology of bark regeneration. Each bark weighs about 1 kilogram, and the Eucommia ulmoides forest is intercropped with economic crops such as konjac, with an average annual income of over 1000 yuan per mu. As a result, many farmers in the village have built new houses, built river bridges, installed satellite receivers, and provided tap water for every household, becoming a typical village that has been lifted out of poverty due to Eucommia ulmoides. Nowadays, it has become the largest Eucommia ulmoides base county in China, and Lueyang Eucommia ulmoides leaves are exported in large quantities to Japan, South Korea, and other places, with a leading production and sales volume

The award honors of Lueyang Eucommia ulmoides

It was named as the "Hometown of Eucommia ulmoides" by the State Forestry Administration in the first batch.

. The processed Eucommia ulmoides tea has won the "Houji Golden Statue Award" at the first China Yangling Agricultural High tech Achievement Expo, the "Seventh Five Year Plan" Spark Plan Award, and the Shaanxi Province Third New Technology Achievement Gold Award

In 2000, it was first named as the "Hometown of Chinese Famous and Excellent Economic Forest Eucommia ulmoides" by the State Forestry Administration. In 2003, the "Qinxian" brand Eucommia ulmoides organic special tea developed by China Tea Research Institute and produced by Lueyang Anshan Tea Industry Co., Ltd. was certified as an organic planting base and organic processing plant by the Yangling Branch of the National Environmental Protection Administration's Organic Food Certification Center. The "Qin Xian" brand Eucommia ulmoides organic special tea has been on the market since 1988, after passing national expert technical appraisal and product quality appraisal. It fills the gap in the organic special tea market and has been unanimously welcomed by consumers. It is exported to many countries and regions such as South Korea and Japan, and has won the "Houji Golden Statue Award", "Seventh Five Year Plan" Spark Plan Award, and Shaanxi Province Third New Technology Achievement Gold Award at the first China Yangling Agricultural High tech Achievement Expo. In 2010, the Lueyang National Eucommia ulmoides Agricultural Standardization Demonstration Zone passed the acceptance of the National Standardization Management Committee

Tasting and Eating Methods of Lueyang Eucommia ulmoides

Brewing Method of Eucommia ulmoides Male Flower Health Tea

The simplest brewing method is very suitable and convenient, and it is also the most commonly used method. It is very useful at home, office, business hall and other places, suitable for modern people's pace of life and simple and convenient lifestyle. It can be brewed directly with boiling water, and can be made in glass cups, ceramic cups, filter cups, elegant cups, kung fu cups, according to personal preferences. You can taste it yourself or share it with friends