Fangcheng is rich in Salvia, with good quality and remarkable curative effect. According to the Qing Dynasty "Fangcheng Zhi" (Kangxi 30 years of revision of the thirty-sixth issue) contains: "Fangcheng territory of the Guang Wheel, covered with the ancient Yuzhou, Xingye points of the Tongbai mountain Huai water upstream, peaks and liaison, surrounded by streams, Wild 陂 腴 腴 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , "Compendium of Materia Medica" contains: "Salvia stagnation and pain relief, promoting blood circulation, revitalizing the mind, clearing the heart, treating the pain." Modern medical research shows that Salvia miltiorrhiza has the effects of dilating blood vessels, lowering blood pressure, lowering blood fat and anti-thrombosis, and has significant effects on coronary heart disease, angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, cerebral thrombosis and gynecological diseases. Fangcheng Danshen's title "Yu Danshen" originated in the Jin Dynasty and flourished in Ming and Qing Dynasties. The folk songs of "Salvia King, Yuzhou Governor, good quality, good efficacy, Shanghai, Wuhan Yaozhuang; walking the water, going to the ocean" are the best praise for "Yu Danshen".

Fangcheng County is located on the boundary line between Tongbai Mountain and Funiu Mountain Range, Huaihe River Basin and Yangtze River Basin, North Subtropical Zone and South Warm Temperate Zone. The geographical position is special and the climate is unique. The produced Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge has thick, purple and red quality. The characteristics of excellent curative effect, the medical doctor Zhang Zhongjing called the head of Danshen, the famous medical scientist of the Northern and Southern Dynasties Tao Hongjing and so on have a monograph. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, "Dan Sangwang, Yuzhou Governor, good quality, good efficacy, Shanghai, Wuhan Yaozhuang, walk the water, go to the ocean", praise the good reputation, well-known throughout the country. As a traditional Chinese herbal medicine, Yudanshen is mainly used for the treatment of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases such as hyperlipemia, hypertension, coronary heart disease and angina pectoris. In Fangcheng folk, ginseng and poached eggs are traditional health foods for patients with hypertension and hyperlipidemia. At present, Danshen tea, Danshen honey and other series products have been developed with Yudanshen as the main raw material. In order to protect Yudanshen, a wild Chinese herbal medicine resource, Fangcheng County adopts policies and measures such as closing mountain ginseng, returning farmland to medicine, and building a pollution-free imitation wild Yudan ginseng planting base in accordance with GAP standards and green food production standards. The ginseng product quality inspection center tested, the content of tanshinone A exceeded 2-3.4 times the standard stipulated by the Pharmacopoeia. In 1991, Yudan participated in the “Zhongjing Cup International Expo Silver Award”, and won the China International Agricultural Expo u0026quot;China Famous Brand Productu0026quot; in 2001. In 2002, he won the first-class technology and scientific research progress of Nanyang City's pollution-free imitation wild Danshen production technology. Award, 2003 Henan Province pollution-free production certification, in the same year won the National Quality and Technical Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine Bureau of origin protection certification. In 2007, Fangcheng Yudanshen was identified as one of the top ten medicinal planting bases in Henan Province.