It is well-known that Chinese herbs have many medicinal uses such as Anthelmintic, Antibacterial, Antifungal, Antipruritic, Astringent, Bitter, Carminative, Diuretic, Febrifuge, Parasiticide, Pectoral, Stomachic and Tonic. However few knows that the herbs are also important sources of insecticide and parasiticide for agricultural and daily life use. China has long history for using herbs as insecticide. In 1596, Li Shizhen wrote that many herbs such as Stemona Japonia, Sophora flavescens, Chinaberry, cypress, polar etc. Could be used to kill pests. In the 5th century, people in Rome and Mediterranean also used veraturn nigrum to protect their seedling from pest.

The active ingredient in pesticide-herbs varies with different herbs, different part of herbs, and different age of herbs, even in different soil and environment where herbs grow.

Based on Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine Science and plenty of insecticide-herb sources on high mountains along the Great Wall, plus advanced extracting technology and facilities, a series of herb-source pesticides both for filed crops and house sanitation have been developed by Beijing Multigrass Formulation Co. Ltd, a Sino-Japan Joint Venture established in 1997, after a decade of research and field experiments both in China and Japan.