Western Han Dynasty scholar Liu Xiang compiled the "Other Records" said: "Ginseng out of the Shangdang Valley ...... root like a human form, there is God. According to historical records, ginseng in the east valley of Shangdang. The east valley is Pingshun County, "Temple River Guanshan" area. It is said that the temple head of five dragons, Anzui Phoenix Ridge, Tiger Bat Gully, Yuxiaguan Hongyu Ridge, Longzhen Fotang Ridge, not Lanyan Zifengshan canyon, Shiyao Beach pig arch, Chengguan Old Horse Ridge, and other places in the deep canyon is the earliest birthplace of ginseng in Shangdang. As early as in the Xia and Shang Dynasties, people thought that it was a miraculous and inexplicable herb, which could only be obtained from the spirit of heaven and earth, and could not be planted by mortals. Therefore, people just climbed the mountain and climbed the cliff to dig the ginseng, due to the long digging and searching, ginseng on the verge of extinction. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Korea, which is located in Shangdang, was the first to create the method of cultivating ginseng artificially, so it is said that Shangdang is the birthplace of ginseng.
Pingshun County's "Temple River Guanshan" area is full of red stove sand soil and grass, black soil. The climate is cool and favorable. Particularly surprising is that these valleys are more than 1,400 meters above sea level, and most of the ditches and hollows have mountain springs. The springs are perennial like injection. Cup and mouth taste, not with the flavor of ginseng, it is said that the "Temple River Guanshan" ginseng efficacy and this water has a great relationship. These strange springs and special climate are the unique growing conditions of Pingshun ginseng. The characteristics of Pingshun ginseng are: long and slender ginseng strip, thick and pure taste, yellow skin and red flesh, bright color, such as cross-cutting ginseng strip, visible star points, the whole was "tiger head, phoenix tail, chrysanthemum heart", three or five leaves, pine flower head, flower yellowish, with fragrant flavor. The heaviest ginseng in Pingshun can reach about 400 grams. It is called "the king of ginseng".
Into the 21st century, Pingshun County Science and Technology Association put the study of ginseng in the key projects. The county's average annual production is about 1 million kilograms. The townships of Yuxiaguan, Yanglaoyan, Longzhen, Xingcheng, Hongtiguan and other towns in Pingshun County are commonly planted with ginseng. The development prospect of party ginseng in Pingshun will be very considerable.
Codonopsis pilosula, properties: slightly sour flavor. It is long cylindrical, slightly curved, 10-35cm long, 0.4-2cm in diameter, with most of the warty protruding stem scars at the top of the root head in the form of concave dots; there are dense annular transverse stripes under the root head, which are gradually sparse downward, some up to half of the total length, and the annular stripes of the cultivated products are few or none; all of them have longitudinal wrinkles and scattered transverse lenticels, and there is often a black-brown colloidal substance at the broken off branch roots. The texture is slightly hard or slightly tough, the section is slightly flat, with fissure or radial texture, the skin part is yellowish white to light brown, the wood part is light yellow. There is a special aroma, taste slightly sweet.
Functions: Tonifying the middle and benefiting the qi, strengthening the spleen and lung. It is used for spleen and lung weakness, shortness of breath, palpitation, loose stools, asthma and cough, internal heat and thirst.
Application: used for deficiency of qi, tiredness and fatigue, shortness of breath and gasping, deficiency of the spleen with little food, swelling of the face and eyes, prolonged diarrhea and prolapse of the anus. [3]
The production of Ludangshen in Pingxin has a long history and good quality, and it is known as "the hometown of Ludangshen". But all along, the production scale of Lu Codonopsis is small, scattered, lagging behind in management, poor commodity awareness, basically in a self-perpetuating disorderly state, which can't meet the requirements of the quality management standard of the production of Chinese herbal medicines, and can't play out the due benefits. 2006, the county started the GAP certification and base construction of the Lu Codonopsis, and took the company + base + farmers as the leading company with the Rixin Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. as the leader, adopting the practice of company + base + farmers to strengthen, expand and standardize Lucullus, which will effectively change the situation of lagging behind in the development of traditional Chinese medicine and make it really become one of the pillar industries for the farmers in the county to escape from poverty and become rich and run into affluence. In order to speed up the county Lu Codonopsis GAP base construction pace, promote Lu Codonopsis normative, standardized production, large-scale, industrial development, improve the level of production and management of Chinese herbal medicines, the county in the town of Longxi Nanpo village to establish the first Chinese herbal medicines GAP test base. This Chinese herbal medicine base covers an area of 62 acres, test Lu Codonopsis pilosula, Chaihu, Astragalus, Platycodonopsis, Radix et Rhizoma Shengdi, Salvia divinorum and other 10 varieties of Chinese herbal medicine. The establishment of the base for the county's production of Chinese medicinal herbs to provide first-hand information to promote the development of standardized operating procedures for Chinese medicinal herbs and the development of large-scale has played a positive role in promoting.
According to the "Measures for the Management of Geographical Indication of Agricultural Products", Shanxi Pingshun County Unified Planting Professional Cooperative applied for the protection of "Pingshun Ludangshen" agricultural products by geographical indication of agricultural products. After preliminary examination, expert evaluation and public announcement, it meets the procedure and conditions for registration of geographical indications of agricultural products, and the Ministry of Agriculture decided on August 17, 2011 to grant the registration. There are 62 administrative villages in 5 townships of Hongtiguan Township, Dongsitou Township, Xingcheng Township, Longxi Township and Xigou Township in Pingshun County, Shanxi Province. The geographic coordinates are 113°23′00″~113°41′00″ East, 35°57′00″~36°16′00″ North.