Lang Son has just included many familiar medicinal plants such as chè dây, sâm cau, hoàng tinh, cà gai leo, bồ khai in the list of medicinal materials with high medical and economic value to prioritize development in the coming period.
According to the decision issued by the Provincial People's Committee, the list includes 17 types of medicinal herbs, divided into three groups: naturally extracted medicinal herbs combined with planting, commercially grown medicinal herbs and group of native medicinal herbs, non-wood forest products.
In which, the natural exploitation group combined with planting has 10 types, including chè dây, sói rừng, sâm cau, hoàng tinh, gắm, hồi đầu thảo, na rừng, khúng khéng, bình vôi and lan một lá.
These are medicinal plants mainly distributed in mountainous areas, with use value in traditional medicine and potential for developing into large-scale raw material areas.
Three types of medicinal herbs identified for commodity development include hoàn ngọc, cà gai leo and sâm nam. According to the province's orientation, this group of plants can expand planting areas, link with processing enterprises and gradually form a stable production chain.
The list also supplements the group of native medicinal herbs, non-wood forest products including cow udder, earthen gourd, raspberry and bồ khai.
Many of these types have long been associated with the lives of mountain people, used as wild vegetables, medicinal herbs or health care support products.
According to Lang Son Provincial People's Committee, the issuance of the list aims to concretize the development orientation of medicinal herbs according to the planning of the Government and the Ministry of Health, and at the same time be associated with the goal of developing the province's key agriculture and forestry in the 2026-2030 period.
In recent years, many mountainous localities in Lang Son have begun to expand the area of medicinal plant cultivation under the forest canopy. Some products such as tea vines, climbing ca gai or hoàng tinh have been brought to the market by people in the form of tea, medicinal extract or pre-processed products.
The province expects that the construction of concentrated medicinal material areas will contribute to improving the economic value of forestry, creating livelihoods for people in mountainous areas and limiting uncontrolled natural exploitation.
