Zhangjiachuan County Rong Media Center News (Reporter Shao Quanhong) A few days ago, the reporter walked into the production workshop of Gansu Jiuai Wormwood Biotechnology Co., Ltd. located in Pang Village, Muhe Township, and a strong aroma came to the nose and refreshed people's hearts. With the rumbling roar of the machine, the workers are busy processing and producing, some are defoliating, and some are kneading and velveting. In the moxa processing workshop, workers are skillfully filling moxa wool into cotton paper, and then operating the equipment to roll it into rods, and cylindrical moxa sticks are quickly made.
In the company's raw material warehouse, bundles of wormwood to be processed are neatly stacked. Walking into the company's finished product exhibition hall, the reporter noticed that moxa products, moxa wool, moxa pillars, mugwort incense, foot bath bags and other moxa products are dazzling, beautifully packaged, neatly placed on the display shelf.
"Wormwood is a treasure all over the body, which can be used as a medicinal material, and can also be processed and extracted into moxa wool to make moxa sticks, which are used for moxibustion and moxa fumigation. In traditional medicine in mainland China, moxibustion acupuncture points to enhance human immunity, moxa fumigation to carry out air sterilization and epidemic prevention, can achieve the purpose of disease prevention. At present, the wormwood industry is developing rapidly, the market is stable, and the prospects are broad. When it comes to the development of the wormwood industry, Li Weihao, general manager of the company, is like a treasure.
It is understood that Gansu Jiu Artemisia Wormwood Biotechnology Co., Ltd., established in February 2021, is a leading enterprise in wormwood production and processing integrating wormwood production and processing, product research and development, sales and service. The main products are moxa, foot bath bags and other products, with an annual output value of more than 2 million yuan, an annual profit of nearly 400,000 yuan, and more than 20 nearby villagers are employed. At the same time, the company purchases more than 400 tons of wild wormwood in May and June every year, driving the people in Zhangjiachuan County and surrounding counties such as Qingshui, Zhuanglang, Qin'an and other counties to harvest wild wormwood in the slack season, further broadening the income channels of the masses.
"Our company takes the research and development of wormwood products as the core and focuses on deep processing, and the products are favored by consumers as soon as they are listed. In the sales process, we take a variety of ways such as online and offline, and our products are exported to all parts of the country, and orders are in short supply. Now the company is organizing workers to make every effort to increase production capacity and ensure the supply of orders. In the next step, our company will further increase the research and development of wormwood, continue to expand the scale of production, and develop a series of products related to wormwood in the later stage, such as moxa health pillows, wormwood quilts, moxibustion stickers, and moxa cushions, so as to build a wormwood innovation base supported by the whole industry chain, and continue to increase the income of the masses while developing and growing itself, so as to inject 'green kinetic energy' into rural revitalization." When it comes to future development, Li Weihao is also full of confidence.
As a characteristic Chinese medicinal material, mugwort is widely used, and with the improvement of people's health awareness, mugwort products are becoming more and more popular. Gansu Jiu Wormwood Biotechnology Co., Ltd. seizes market opportunities, based on industrial advantages, relying on the rich wormwood resources in Zhangjiachuan County, to further enhance the collection and processing capacity of wormwood, and lengthen the wormwood industry chain. Up to now, the company has recruited more than 20 nearby villagers to work here for a long time, so that the vast number of surplus labor force in the countryside can be employed nearby, and earn a good income at the doorstep, so that they can earn money and take care of their families.
The fragrance of wormwood has been thousands of years, and the industry is thriving today. The inconspicuous little wormwood, after fine processing, is becoming an emerging industry in Zhangjiachuan County. Today, the wormwood industry in Muhe Township is walking on the road of green development and rural revitalization with good development prospects.