94% of world production of saffron in Iran

According to ISNA, medicinal herbs are plants that one or some of the organs they contain active ingredient. According to Iranian statistics, there are about 8 thousand plant species, of which 2 300 of which are part of aromatic and medicinal plants.

Today’s results show that the culture of traditional medicine and medicinal plants increased attention to. So that MH extracts of medicinal plants and traditional medicine Deputy Secretary of scientific development in an interview with ISNA announced that in the second decade of the revolution, only 138 herbal medicines registered on the official list of the Ministry of Health in 1391 that the number of 938 drugs is reached and the number 95 on the list until August 1713 with a growth of 100 percent herbal medicines has increased.

He number of medicines and traditional medicine products from 91 to 746 121 by the end of the Persian date Mordad 95 drugs and he said the per capita consumption of herbal medicines in pharmacies from 1.5 percent to 4 percent, while the area under cultivation of some in four years of medicinal herbs such as saffron, family Lamiaceae umbrella, barberry and rose from 128 hectares to 181 hectares, with more than 40 percent increase.

Extract said that in the past, export of medicinal plants have been in this field for raw retail, noted: according to the revolution of raw materials exports medicinal plants varies depending on conditions such as drought and rain in some 70 to 80 years and in some years has had exports of $ 180 million, but according to the policies currently amount to less than 80 million dollars.

The reason to prevent him from selling crude in herbs and enforcing rules regarding restrictions on withdrawals from the country’s ecosystems and endemic plants continued with the enforcement of the restrictions on harvesting medicinal plants are the extinction of the country is now 100 thousand hectares have been reduced harvest of endangered plants and this number is based on upstream documents should reach 800 thousand hectares.

He said the export of raw licorice sales to harvesting was banned on the basis of licorice have been fulfilled so far 35 to 40 million dollars in exports.

Secretary of Development of Science and Technology Herb said that Iran is the fifth largest country in the field of export of medicinal herbs after China, India, Korea and Turkey.

Sultan cultivation of medicinal plants

Secretary of State described the development of medicinal herbs medicinal herbs and saffron Sultan noted that due to the fact that this plant is a plant less water so we set out to develop saffron cultivation in the country, so that the area under the cultivation of this plant from 77 300 hectares to 96 thousand hectares in 94 reached 91 years.

Emphasizing the need to develop quantitative and qualitative extract of saffron cultivation, noted that in recent years we have managed for the first time some of our products are exported saffron to the amount of $ 8 million.

According to him 94% of the world’s saffron is cultivated in Iran and Spain with 800 thousand hectares in the past had attempted to cultivation, but that some of the active ingredients of the plant because it was not created in Spain The cultivation of this plant is stopped a.

Extract noted: Alzheimer’s drug from the drug active ingredient is extracted.

Increasing the production capacity of herbal medicines in the country

Secretary of medicinal plants and traditional medicine technologies with reference to the official capacity of human medicine, veterinary added that the capacity of these drugs of plant origin as well as tablets, creams, syrups and capsules that from 300 million to 570 million in 92 years. reached number 94 in addition to the nominal capacity of a variety of essential oils and plant extracts from 122 tons to 92 183 tons in the amount of 183 units and industrial production increased in 94 years.

Extract stressing that estimates 38 to 40 million dollars in the past few years have been exported oil and distillates Gol, said Iran has the world leader in Gol culture.

He said that Iran produced about 20 thousand hectares Gol, said Bulgaria’s second-largest grower after Iran rose by 2 thousand hectares Golmohamadi, but the country is investing in the essential oil of rose water, but we focused on traditional products we.

Attention to the potential of medicinal plants Country

The activists of medicinal plants and traditional medicine with an emphasis on the need to shift from traditional systems to the industrial system in the field of medicinal plants, he said, Iran has great capacities in the field of medicinal plants in such a way that the country ranks first in the production of pomegranate and considering the valuable active ingredients in pomegranate skin, pomegranate peel in the future is expected to be a high added value must therefore be invested in this area.

He Fars dry figs from other countries’ capacities and added: If we are exporting our knowledge, the strength of the economy, hence we have to produce high economic value.