New direction for developing medicinal plant xao tam phan

Mr. Tran Ba ​​Ninh has nearly 15 years of experience in producing tripe - Photo: TRAN HOAI

Mr. Tran Ba ​​Ninh - director of Ba Ninh Company Limited (Ninh Phu commune, Ninh Hoa town), currently chairman of Khanh Hoa Medicinal Plants Association - said that nearly 15 years ago, xao tam phan caused a massive exploitation fever when many people knew about the medicinal properties of this plant, leading to the area in nature (mostly in Hon Heo mountain area, Ninh Hoa town) being seriously degraded.

Successfully grown Triphala

For that reason, Mr. Ninh thought of growing Sanchi ginseng to preserve the breed and supply it to the market. Thinking and doing, he experimented with cutting Sanchi ginseng branches with different lengths, tagging, and keeping a logbook for each sapling. Around 2015, the plants began to bear fruit.

He then experimented with growing plants from seeds and realized the advantages of growing plants from seeds, so he switched to seed propagation.

Mr. Ninh next to a young Sansevieria plant planted in the garden - Photo: TRAN HOAI

When the seedlings were planted in the field, Mr. Ninh realized that the plants grew very well when climbing wild tree trunks, so he made a trellis for the triphala, and by doing so, they all grew quickly.

"Xao tam phan is a climbing shrub. It only needs a trellis to lean on and after 6-8 years it will become a bush. The total exploited reserve is about more than 300kg of stems and nearly 30kg of roots," Mr. Ninh informed.

Currently, Mr. Ninh has 5 points growing Sanchi ginseng in Ninh Phu commune with about 10 hectares, of which 7 hectares are grown Sanchi ginseng with other plants, the rest are intercropped.

Many products from precious medicinal plants

Currently in Ninh Hoa town, many businesses and individuals are developing products from Tripterygium such as tea, extract, wine, capsules, etc.

"Trifolium can be exploited for its entire body, leaves, branches, fruits, seeds, roots... fresh roots alone retail for about 1.2 million VND/kg" - Mr. Ninh said.

Mr. Ninh's business alone annually supplies the market with more than 200,000 seedlings, purchases about 5 tons of fresh branches and leaves, and 6 tons of roots for processing.

Mr. Ninh also uses many types of machinery for processing, cooperates with partners and scientists to propagate in a high-tech direction, upgrade production lines, expand seedling nursery areas and raw material growing areas.

In addition to Mr. Ninh's company, in Ninh Hoa town there are many businesses that grow and produce products from Triphala, with many models such as raising grass to nourish Triphala, or intercropping mango, papaya with Triphala... These models have a positive development trend, especially in terms of soil improvement, without causing harm to the environment.

According to Mr. Le Minh Tam - Vice Chairman of Ninh Hoa Town People's Committee, xa tam phan is currently grown concentratedly in the communes of Ninh Phu, Ninh Tan, Ninh Tay with about 60 hectares.

"Local production facilities have researched and tested many models to preserve and develop the plant.

Some facilities have shared and provided instructions on planting and caring for this plant, committed to purchasing it at a stable price, thereby creating livelihoods and income for local people, in addition to researching and processing the plant into valuable products," said Mr. Tam.

The plant xao tam phan (scientific name Paramignya Trimera) is a precious medicinal herb in traditional medicine, with many benefits for human health such as supporting cancer treatment, supporting the treatment of liver diseases, having anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, antiviral effects...

In traditional medicine, the plant has a slightly astringent, slightly bitter taste with a sweet taste, and when smelled has the aroma of essential oils (a scent commonly found in plants of the citrus family).

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/huong-di-moi-phat-trien-cay-duoc-lieu-xao-tam-phan-20240925163012164.htm