砂仁是南药的主要品种之一,中药学上将它归入芳香化湿药类,是化湿行气、健胃补脾和安胎的良药。从50年代至80年代中期,国内砂仁市场供应一直偏紧,主要依靠从东南亚一些国家进口。为使砂仁基本自给,国家有关部门从60年代末开始,在云南西双版纳等几个气候适宜的地区建立砂仁生产基地。但是,近几年国产砂仁积压状况日趋严重。据有关方面统计,1989年全国砂仁产量加原有库存量已相当于国内市场将近两年的需要量。并主要积压在云南、广东两个主产省。砂仁属多年生草本植物,种植 Amomum villosum is one of the main varieties of southern medicine, which is classified as aromatics by traditional Chinese medicine. It is a good medicine for dampness and qi, stomach and spleen and tocolysis. From the 1950s to the mid-1980s, the supply of domestic amomum market has been tight, mainly relying on imports from some countries in Southeast Asia. To make the basic self-subsistence Amomum, the relevant state departments from the late 1960s, Xishuangbanna in Yunnan and other climate-suitable areas to establish Amomum production base. However, in recent years, the backlog of domestic Amomum is worsening. Statistics from relevant authorities show that in 1989 the output of Amomum villosum plus original stocks had equivalent to the demand of the domestic market for nearly two years. And the main backlog in Yunnan, Guangdong, two major producing provinces. Amomum is a perennial herb, planted