Many American states farmers in Chinese herbal medicine or a $1.3 billion potential business opportunities

Yangtze river delta news channel 2015-12-30 14:10 manuscript source: China Daily website

On December 7, 2015, the state of New York Chinese herbal medicine planting group founder, bullitt (right) and organic farmers rice in New York state del mar, check the herbal seeds in a greenhouse. (photo: ap)

According to the Associated Press, as traditional Chinese medicine gradually the mainstream American society of endorsed and cause more people's interest, local farmers are the major driven by planting a variety of herbs, is expected to create a potential high profits in emerging markets.

Currently the United States still rely mainly on imports from China of traditional Chinese medicine herbs, but with China's wild herbs has decreased, and there exist some problems in the quality and safety of the growing demand for native American planting herbs. In the face of this phenomenon, several states set up the "team", is designed to help farmers in the most commonly used several kinds of herbs. New York planting group founder, bullitt says researcher janet, a move or will bring huge profits, estimated at $200 million to $300 million annually in 1.3 billion yuan (RMB 1.3 billion).

The us is a total of 30000 licensed practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine, is licensed by the doctor of traditional Chinese medicine in 46 states, generally requires a master's degree and continuing education credits. Founded in 2014, the Cleveland clinic of traditional Chinese medicine clinics, become one of America's first based on the hospital treatment of traditional Chinese medicine clinic. The clinic medical practitioners, said jamie stuckey quality, genuine and purity are the primary concern that practitioners of Chinese herbal medicine, "if the United States can grow with the Chinese species of the same high quality herbs, and no heavy metals or pesticides pollution, I think will be a great opportunity for farmers."

Traditional medicines are used such as herbs has more than 300 kinds, ji bullitt schaffer with California herb growers for American farmers are available for sale list of herbs, including angelica dahurica root can be used for analgesic anti-inflammatory and antibacterial asters, can cure stomach trouble of mint and salvia miltiorrhiza in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases. Bullitt says, similar to the natural environment herbal medicine planting environment is one of the key factors for production of high quality of Chinese herbal medicine, in 2008 set up a foundation for support herbs cultivation research and protection, the foundation will provide farmers with herbal medicine to ensure the authenticity.

Virginia nonprofit cloth lu Ritchie center chairman rob glen said, market research suggests that Chinese herbal medicine supply, the center is recruiting farmers planting herbs, then its sales to practitioners. This year, the center in 35 farm planted 38 kinds of herbs. They will be sent to the first sample harvest 26 practice to assess their quality and efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine, including traditional Chinese medicine from north Carolina Ken Moore, said: "to receive the sample left a very deep impression on us, we wish to get a pollution-free organic herbal medicine. I think the farmers can do well, we can have this can not only promote the local economy, good for the environment, industry, can improve people's health."

However, the United States national institutes of health says, acupuncture, tai chi and other traditional Chinese medicine therapy mainly as a complement from the mainstream medicine. The agency reminded part of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has serious side effects, the present research is still insufficient. At the same time, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) often mix a variety of herbs, and each patient prescriptions, difficult clinical test.