RESUMO
Medicinal botanical gardens play important roles in promoting the development of TCM industry. With the advancing of the construction of the national medicinal plant garden system, the upgrading construction work for Huazhong Medicinal Botanical Garden, one of its members, is grasping to be carried on. While it is believed that there is a tremendous potential development in the combination of selenium and Chinese herbal medicine. In this article, the significance of selenium for Huazhong Medicinal Botanical Garden was investigated and then the routes to highlight selenium characteristics in its upgrading construction were put forward as follows for some responsibility department as reference: (1) Concentrating on the background investigation and conserving selenium resources;(2) Selecting and breeding special germplasm materials associated with selenium for selected key species; (3) Aiming at the specific efficiency and screening selenium-enriched medical plants; (4) Selecting large varieties of TCM and carrying out the research of selenium-rich technical ways of artificial cultivation; (5) Propelling the research and development of selenium-containing health products, based on resources industrialization; (6) Constructing new specialized garden for selenium-enriched medical plants.
RESUMO
Medicinal botanical gardens play important roles in promoting the development of TCM industry. With the advancing of the construction of the national medicinal plant garden system, the upgrading construction work for Huazhong Medicinal Botanical Garden, one of its members, is grasping to be carried on. While it is believed that there is a tremendous potential development in the combination of selenium and Chinese herbal medicine. In this article, the significance of selenium for Huazhong Medicinal Botanical Garden was investigated and then the routes to highlight selenium characteristics in its upgrading construction were put forward as follows for some responsibility department as reference: (1) Concentrating on the background investigation and conserving selenium resources;(2) Selecting and breeding special germplasm materials associated with selenium for selected key species; (3) Aiming at the specific efficiency and screening selenium-enriched medical plants; (4) Selecting large varieties of TCM and carrying out the research of selenium-rich technical ways of artificial cultivation; (5) Propelling the research and development of selenium-containing health products, based on resources industrialization; (6) Constructing new specialized garden for selenium-enriched medical plants.