中药材牛蒡子是二年生草本植物。种子、根、茎叶皆可入药,有疏散风寒、消肿解毒、宣肺透疹的功能。近年来中药走向世界,牛蒡子需求增大,价格逐年上涨,至1992年秋1公斤价16元。牛蒡子适应性广,几乎全国可种;产量高,一亩可产300—400公斤。种植牛蒡子经济效益可观,一季可收3000余元。四川省通江县两河口乡农校总结了本地药农经验,在全乡推广药粮套作,创造了牛蒡子与玉米小麦套种,实现亩产粮食过千斤,收入可超4000元的成功经验。他们的种植经验: 第一年春,种玉米时先把牛蒡子撒播在地里,每亩用种1—1.5公斤。锄草时结合给牛蒡子定苗,把玉米行中过密的牛蒡子苗带土移栽到苗稀的空行里 Chinese medicinal material Arctium is a biennial herb. Seeds, roots, stems and leaves can be used as medicine, evacuation of cold, swelling detoxification, Xuanfei Tourette function. In recent years, Chinese medicine to the world, the demand for burdock increased, the price increases year by year, to the autumn of 1992 1 kg price of 16 yuan. Arctii wide adaptability, almost the country can be planted; high yield, an acre can produce 300-400 kg. Burdock planting considerable economic benefits, a quarter can receive more than 3,000 yuan. Tongjiang County, Sichuan Province, two estuary Township School summarizes the local experience of farmers and adolescents in the township to promote drug intercropping set up to create a set of Arctium lappa and corn intercropping, to achieve per-mu yield over 1000 pounds, the income can be over 4,000 yuan of successful experience. Their planting experience: the first spring, the first sowing of burdock in the ground when planting corn, 1-1.5 kg per mu. When weeding to join the Arctium Dingmiao, the corn line in the dense seedlings of burdock seedlings transplanted into the seedling empty line