Sand ginseng is in short supply. This year, the market size of China's medicinal and edible market may reach 370 billion yuan.

At present, the prices of varieties such as danggui and dangshen are generally declining, but reporters have found that traditional Chinese medicinal materials such as maidong, huangjing, rose flowers, and shashen are still strong in price. The common feature of these traditional Chinese medicinal materials is that they can be used as both ingredients and medicinal materials. The market scale of medicinal and edible products is gradually expanding, which has also driven some growers to transform their structures. One grower introduced that in the past two years, as some catering companies matched fresh shashen with chicken and ribs to make a nourishing meal, the demand for shashen began to exceed supply. This year, before the fresh shashen in the grower's field was even harvested, it was all ordered by some southern catering companies, and both sales and prices were satisfactory. Experts say that medicinal and edible products are one of the core development trends of the future traditional Chinese medicinal materials industry. This year, the market scale of medicinal and edible products in China is expected to reach 370 billion yuan, with significant growth in the market scale of related health products and functional foods.