Growing Chinese Medicinal Herbs–References

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• We are probably all here at the Lilium Initiative thanks to Peg Schafer’s stellar  The Chinese Medicinal Herb Farm: a Cultivator’s Guide to Small-Scale Organic Herb Production

• Another incredible compendium of information on planting a wide variety comes from the late Steven Foster and his incredible teacher Yue Chongxue called: Herbal Emissaries: Bringing Chinese Herbs to the West: A Guide to Gardening, Herbal Wisdom, and Well-Being

• Joe Hollis of Mountain Gardens Farm has a wealth of resources on growing specific plants including detailed videos on his website: https://www.mountaingardensherbs.com/information-on-chinese-herbs

• The Jade Institute’s Herb Gallery features sections in each herb profile on Growing and Propagation and Harvesting and Preparation, especially in a garden situation. Too many entries to list here.

• The “new kid on the block” is Dr. Thomas Garran’s newly-published translation, Chinese Herb Cultivation: Daodi Practices for Growing and Processing Chinese Herbs (See book review in this newsletter)

• Classical Pearls’ website’s Single Herbs section has specific information on daodi (they use the term ‘didao’) herb cultivation for: 

• Huangjing (Rhizome Polygonati)

• Baishao (Paeonia lactiflora)

• Sanqi (Panax notoginseng)

• Shanyao (Dioscorea opposita)

• Shichangpu (Acorus gramineus)

• Banxia (Pinellia ternata)

• Guizhi and Rougui (Cinnamomum loureirii bark and twig)
  
  

What references do you recommend?  Send us a note to info@liliuminitiative.org