Dejiang Gastrodia elata production has a long history. As early as the Qing Dynasty, Dejiang Gastrodia elata was famous for its abundance. Before 1970s, the wild gastrodia elata was mainly used for supplying the market. Due to excessive excavation, by the early 1970s, wild gastrodia elata was almost cut down. Since then, local organizations have worked hard to solve the key problems of planting technology. It was a flash in the pan in the middle and late 1980s. At that time, gastrodia elata was planted in 20 towns 1 1 in the county. Among them, Changfeng and alpine areas are rich in gastrodia elata resources and have many farmers, which are the main producing areas of gastrodia elata in Dejiang. "Lux" and "Wang Shen" brand Gastrodia elata health wine independently researched and developed by county wineries sell well in the mainland and are also exported to Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. This product was awarded the "Golden Crane Award" by China Health Wine Association, and also won the "Queen's Gold Cup Award" at the Los Angeles Expo.

However, due to various reasons, Dejiang Gastrodia elata did not last long. Due to the poor management of Gastrodia elata Winery, the industrial chain of Gastrodia elata in Dejiang broke rapidly. Many farmers stopped planting in tears.

From 65438 to 0993, the planting techniques of vegetative propagation and sexual propagation of Gastrodia elata in Dejiang were successful, which greatly increased the yield of Gastrodia elata.

At the beginning of the 20th century, in order to promote the development of gastrodia elata industry, Dejiang County established the strategy of "invigorating gastrodia elata through science and technology", and successively invested millions of yuan to establish standardized production bases and wild-like cultivation demonstration fields in Gaoshandongwan, Gaoshanqiao and Shaxi, which further improved the quality of Gastrodia elata in Dejiang. Constantly consolidate the base construction, expand the planting area of Gastrodia elata, and enhance the production capacity of Gastrodia elata.

According to official data, in 2008, the planting area of commercial hemp in the county has reached more than 200,000 square meters, with an annual output of more than 200,000 kilograms of dry hemp and an output value of nearly 50 million yuan. With the assistance of Guizhou University and Wenzhou University, Dejiang Gastrodia elata has also made a breakthrough in deep processing and successfully developed "Gastrodia elata polysaccharide oral liquid". A businessman in Shandong bought a county winery, reorganized Guizhou Jiusheng Liquor Company, and after years of hardships, began to produce gastrodia elata health wine. By the end of 20 1 1, there were 3 leading research and development enterprises of Gastrodia elata in Dejiang, and 4 registered brand trademarks of Gastrodia elata products. The annual refined and deep-processed gastrodia elata reached more than 6 million Jin, the output value reached more than 50 million yuan, and the tax revenue reached more than 2 million yuan, benefiting more than 30,000 people.