Artificial culture of snow lotus with the wild medicinal value is basically the same, but the efficacy is not nearly the same
In order to save this rare traditional Chinese medicine, in 2001, some businesses established a good artificial planting environment in a valley deep in the Tianshan Mountains, so we can eat such popular supplements. Although it's just a dried product of snow lotus, it still retains the fragrance and certain efficacy of snow lotus. When cooking, it needs to be soaked for a period of time, and then the flowers and water will be put into the dish, so that the taste of snow lotus can be fully realized.
Fresh snow lotus in the wild because of the long-term growth in the cold mountains, the leaves are white and bright with light luster, while the cultured snow lotus thinks that the cultivation period generally only takes 2-3 years to use medicine, and the leaves are small and lusterless.
If it is used as medicine, it is necessary to distinguish whether it is used in the wild or cultured artificially, so as to prevent the efficacy from failing to achieve the expected effect. The difference between wild and artificial cultivation is in the color of flowers and leaves.
The best way to store fresh snow lotus is to put it on ice, and put it in a box with ice water, don't over dry.
In order to protect the snow lotus in Tianshan Mountain, the snow lotus protection branch of Xinjiang wild animal and Plant Protection Association launched public welfare publicity activities among the pastoral areas and tourists to stop the indiscriminate mining. Xinjiang Institute of physical and chemical technology of Chinese Academy of Sciences also uses clone tissue culture technology to plant snow lotus in Tianchi, Tianshan Mountain since 2004. At present, some snow lotus have blossomed, which is expected to open up a new channel to replace the wild snow lotus to supply drug market demand.
