Guizhou Province, with its mild winters and cool summers, possesses a unique geographical environment and climate that fosters a rich variety of medicinal herb resources. It is recognized as one of China's most abundant regions for TCM materials, where numerous herbs carry distinctive medicinal values and cultural significance.

According to medicinal resource surveys, Guizhou boasts over 4,800 TCM varieties, including 4,419 plant-based, 301 animal-based, and 82 mineral-based medicines—ranking first nationally in diversity. The province's reserves exceed 65 million tons, with more than 1,500 ethnic medicinal varieties. Notable authentic herbs include Gastrodia elata (天麻), Dendrobium (石斛), and Rhizoma Polygonati (黄精).

Guizhou has established 77 standardized TCM planting bases covering 200,000 acres. The provincial government actively promotes cultivation of key species like Gastrodia elata, Pinellia ternata (半夏), and Pseudostellaria heterophylla (太子参). Dafang County, renowned as "China's Gastrodia Capital," exemplifies successful industrialization with geographical indication products.

The province preserves 1,500+ ethnic medicinal varieties from Miao, Dong, and Buyi communities, forming a unique "Guizhou-style" ethnopharmacological system that complements mainstream TCM. Traditional knowledge includes Miao herbal baths and Dong medicinal wines.

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), known as "Chinese herbal medicine" in English, has a history spanning thousands of years. Its origins trace back to ancient practices such as Shennong's tasting of hundreds of herbs, forming the foundation of China's medical heritage. Early TCM primarily utilized plant-based, animal-derived, and mineral-based remedies, with systematic documentation beginning in texts like Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica (Shénnóng Běncǎo Jīng).

    A series of herbs granule products made from authentic medicinal herbs processed according to standard processing procedures, using modern high-tech processes such as extraction, concentration, drying, granulation, and packaging; Its properties, taste, and efficacy are consistent with the original medicinal materials. When used to prepare herbs decoctions, it has the advantages of no need for decoction, direct infusion, stable quality, precise therapeutic effect, and hygiene and safety

【Taste and Returning to the Classic】 Sweet and flat. Returning to the liver meridian.

【 Functions and Indications 】 Relieve wind and spasm, calm liver yang, dispel wind and unblock collaterals. Used for children with wind shock, epilepsy convulsions, tetanus, headache dizziness, hand and foot paralysis, limb numbness, rheumatism and pain.

【 Usage and Dosage 】 3-10g.

Gastrodin is one of the most important active ingredients. In addition, it also contains Gastrodia elata polysaccharides, vitamin A, glycosides, alkaloids, vanillin, vanillin, succinic acid, β - sitosterol, mucilage, etc.Each 100 grams of dry product contains 11.4% crude protein, 5.2% fat, 75.9% total carbohydrates, 5.8% cellulose, 7.5% ash, and 1606.6 kilojoules of energy.

Gastrodia elata, also known as Tianma in China, is included in the 2025 edition of the Chinese Pharmacopoeia.It has medicinal and health benefits.At present, Gastrodia elata has not been officially included in the official pharmacopoeias of other countries except for the Chinese Pharmacopoeia.

△Relieve headaches and neurasthenia

△Auxiliary regulation of hypertension

△Enhancing Memory and Brain Function

△improving limb numbness symptoms

△Improve the body's ability to resist diseases. 

Health value

△Relieve headaches and neurasthenia

△Auxiliary regulation of hypertension

△Enhancing Memory and Brain Function

△improving limb numbness symptoms

△Improve the body's ability to resist diseases. 

△Relieve headaches and neurasthenia

△Auxiliary regulation of hypertension

△Enhancing Memory and Brain Function

△improving limb numbness symptoms

△Improve the body's ability to resist diseases. 

Gastrodia elata is very suitable for stewing with other nourishing ingredients, such as Gastrodia elata stewed Roast squab, Gastrodia elata black chicken soup, Gastrodia elata duck soup, etc. When stewing soup, you can add ingredients such as Tianma slices, yam slices, and goji berries in moderation, and follow the usual steps for stewing soup. The soup stewed in this way not only tastes delicious, but also has good nourishing effects, especially suitable for people who need to regulate their bodies.

Gastrodia elata can be mixed with japonica rice in a ratio of 10:1 to cook Congee. In the process of cooking, you can also add some ingredients such as white sugar or medlar according to your taste. The gastrodia Congee made by this method has a delicate taste and the effect of clearing heat and resolving phlegm, which is suitable for long-term consumption as a daily health food. Note that Tianma needs to be sliced or crushed in advance to better release its active ingredients.

Health value

□Relieve headaches and calm nerves

□Protect cardiovascular and cerebrovascular health

□Enhance memory and brain function

□Regulating the spleen and stomach and digestion

□Anticonvulsant and anti-inflammatory effects

The simplest way to consume Tianma is to slice or mash it after high-temperature treatment and brew it with hot water at 80-90 ℃ for drinking. Low water temperature makes it difficult to fully release the nutrients of Tianma, while high water temperature can damage its effective substances. Tianma tea has an auxiliary effect on relieving symptoms such as headaches, and is suitable for daily consumption by office workers who are under high work pressure and prone to headaches.

·Relieve headaches and dizziness

·Enhance immunity and antioxidant 

·CapacityImprove cardiovascular health

·Relieve limb numbness and joint pain

·Calm down and improve sleep quality

·Enhance immunity and antioxidant capacity