Xixia is the hometown of the mountain, and its quality and output are prominent in the country. Hawthorn is contained in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia. It is a dry and mature pulp of Hawthorn in the hawthorn plant. It has the functions of replenishing liver and kidney and removing phlegm and removing it. It is a commonly used and essential medicine for Chinese medicine. The Xixia Hawthorn variety is complete, and there are many excellent varieties. “Shiqian Date”, “August Red”, “Ma's Date”, “Pearl Red” and “Rice Jujube” are typical excellent varieties, fresh fruit shines, The color is red, the skin is large, the meat is thick, and the medicinal value is high.

Xixia County is affiliated to Nanyang, where the outstanding person and the great medical scientist Zhang Zhongjing, who was respected by the later generations, was born here. Zhang Zhongjing's "Treatise on Febrile Diseases" and "The Golden Chamber" have gone through thousands of clinical practice and have been widely recognized as the originator of Chinese medical books. The way is that the "medical door is like the Confucius of Confucianism." The prescription of Liuwei Dihuang Pill is derived from the prescription of Jinqi Shenqi Pill in "Golden Dragonfly", and one of the herbs used in this is produced in Nanyang. It can be seen that the medical sage Zhang Zhongjing used the mountain of Fu Niushan for prescription, and the production of hawthorn in Funiu Mountain has a long history. At the same time, from the geographical distribution and age of the hawthorn in the main production area of ​​Funiu Mountain and its community structure, it should be said that Henan has a long history of mountain resources, and it is a concentrated production area with late excavation in ancient times and rapid development in modern times. According to the research on the distribution center of Mashankou medicine in Nanyang area of ​​Henan Province, Henan hawthorn has been launched as a commodity. It has been popular since the Ming and Qing Dynasties and has developed rapidly after liberation.

“National meat production in Henan, Henan meat production in the west gorge”, the unique natural climate characteristics of Xixia provide sufficient and suitable natural conditions for the development of the mountain, which has created the vitality of the mountain, and the output accounts for the total domestic output. Divided into two. Over the past 20 years, through the joint efforts of local governments, enterprises and scientific research units, the varieties of hawthorn have been optimized, improved and optimized, and the area of ​​artificial cultivation has been gradually expanded. The area of ​​GAP base in Xixia Mountain has reached 250,000 mu, which has become the economic development of Xixia. A pillar industry has strongly supported the people of Xixia to get rid of poverty, get rich, and run a well-off society. "Parking and sitting in love with Fenglin in the evening, frosty leaves in the February flower", the most capable of expressing this artistic conception is the Xixia Mountain. In the late autumn, the flowers and trees are dying, the bleak and sentimental are covered with mountains, but the enchanting hawthorn fruit is hung on the front slope of the mountain, adding intoxicating warmth to this faint sadness. After the autumn rain and frost shower, the mountains are crystal clear, and the Ana multi-faced, full of the style of "red fairy", tells her the aura of the essence of the heavens and earth, the accumulation of vicissitudes of the past dynasties and the strengthening of the disease and the benefit of mankind. value. In the classification of plants in the Funiu Mountain area, it is a species of Hawthorn in the foothills of the genus Hawthorn. It belongs to both the traditional species recorded in ancient Chinese herbal medicines and the medicinal base plants listed in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia (2000 edition). Hawthorn's choice of its natural ecological environment is relatively strict, requiring a cool, humid climate, fertile and loose humus soil, sheltered mountainous areas, with a vertical distribution of 800-1200m as the best suitable zone. The southern foot of Funiu Mountain belongs to the transitional zone from the north subtropical zone to the warm temperate zone, an important geographical boundary line in China. The base is located at 111°01′-111°46′ east longitude, 33°05′-33°48′ north latitude, 600-1500m above sea level, the climate is warm and humid, the temperature difference between day and night is large (8-12°C), and the average annual sunshine is 1800-2200h. The annual average temperature is 13·2-16·5°C, the average temperature in March-June is above 10°C, the accumulated temperature of ≥10°C is 4500-5000°C, the annual precipitation is 800-1200mm, the annual frost-free period is over 240d, the first frost day In the middle and late November, the final frost day is from late February to early March, the annual average relative humidity is 70%-80%, the base soil is yellow brown soil sand or sandy loam soil; the hawthorn production base atmosphere and soil are subject to the national environmental protection department. Monitoring, meeting the national first-class quality standards, the water quality of the base is in line with the national farmland irrigation water quality standards. It is suitable for the growth of a variety of Chinese herbal medicines, and the quality of Chinese herbal medicines is good, the output is large, and the distribution is wide. It is one of the main producing areas of Chinese herbal medicines, and is known as the “Chinese herbal medicine kingdom”. In 2003, Xixia Mountain was approved by the national origin product and was allowed to use the national origin product logo. There are three main producing areas in the country: Henan, Zhejiang, and Shaanxi. Among them, the Xixia Mountain Harvesting Area in Henan Province has the largest output, accounting for 2/3 of the country. The foothills of Henan are mainly distributed in Xixia County, and the output of Xixia accounts for 1/2. Since 1998, by 2010, Wanxi Pharmaceutical has invested more than 30 million yuan to set up Zhang Zhongjing Shanyu Co., Ltd., in Chenyang, Zhaigen, Erlangping, Taiping Town, Miping, etc. in the hinterland of Fu Niushan in Xixia. A township has established a production base of 200,000 mu of hawthorn. It not only ensures the safety, effectiveness, stability and control of the Chinese medicine products of the head office, but also brings about 200 million yuan of direct benefits to the base farmers. It drives the 200,000 farmers in the mountainous areas to get rid of poverty and become well-off, and mobilizes the enthusiasm of the Chinese medicinal materials. Strong support from the local government. The company uses economic benefits to guide medicine and pesticides, guides the science of medicines and regulates planting. On the one hand, it promotes the adjustment of local agricultural planting structure, drives the farmers in the production areas to get rid of poverty, and on the other hand ensures the high quality, authenticity and pollution of the medicines. The company's product quality and efficacy, but also avoid the devastating development of medicinal resources for the short-term benefits of the drug farmers, protect the ecological environment of the mountain base, and ensure the sustainable development of the Chinese herbal medicine industry. By 2009, the county's hawthorn planting area reached 220,000 mu, with a fruit area of ​​130,000 mu and an annual output of 1,800 tons. The hawthorn produced in Xixia has the characteristics of color red, fleshy, large, soft, oily and strong in medicine. It is also rich in mineral elements, amino acids, various sugars, organic acids, vitamins and other nutrients and medicinal ingredients. .