Cixi Myrica rubra has natural medical and health care functions such as relieving summer heat, promoting fluid production, promoting diuresis and strengthening the spleen, quenching thirst and relieving cough, strengthening the spleen and stimulating appetite, stimulating appetite and promoting digestion. There is a saying in Cixi: "Three hundred bayberries a day, for Lingnan people." Myrica rubra in Cixi is rich in protein, sugar, fruit acid, calcium, iron, glucose, fructose, citric acid, malic acid and various vitamins. Tested by the fruit tree seedling quality monitoring center of the Ministry of Agriculture, the soluble solid content 10.9- 14.6%, titratable acid content 0.97% and vitamin content 15.23 mg/66.

In 2004, Zhejiang Hydrogeological Brigade found a total of selenium-enriched soil 156 square kilometers in Yangmei Mountain area in the south of Cixi, of which Cuiping Mountain area was above 0.4mg/kg, belonging to selenium-enriched area. In 2009, Cixi City began to develop and promote the natural selenium-enriched bayberry industry. In 20 10 and 20 1 1 year, 207 samples of waxberry in Cixi were sent for inspection. The results showed that the selenium content of 93.7% bayberry samples was greater than or equal to 0.0 1mg/kg (the starting point of selenium enrichment), and the selenium content of samples from Kuangyan Town 12 in Cixi City was greater than 0.03mg/kg.