How much is a jin of wild Gastrodia elata? What's the effect?

Gastrodia elata is a perennial saprophytic straight orchid herb with no green leaves and no chlorophyll. It is a valuable traditional Chinese medicine in traditional Chinese medicine, which can be used to treat tetanus, neurasthenia, headache and vertigo. In the ancient medical books "Shennong Materia Medica Classic" and "Compendium of Materia Medica", Gastrodia elata is recorded as "eliminating all diseases and prolonging life". So how much is the wild Gastrodia elata per jin? What is the specific effect?

I. the price of wild Gastrodia elata

Gastrodia elata is a very valuable traditional Chinese medicine. Due to the huge market demand, Gastrodia elata is also artificially planted, but we all know that the medicinal value of wild Gastrodia elata is much higher than that of artificial cultivation due to the influence of weather and growth environment. Similarly, the price of wild Gastrodia elata is also higher than that of artificial cultivation. Wild Gastrodia elata is widely distributed in China, and the wild Gastrodia elata is basically distributed in the south and northeast of central China, among which the wild Gastrodia elata is produced in western Guizhou, southern Sichuan, northeast Yunnan and northeast Changbai Mountain, and its quality is especially good.

Wild Gastrodia elata is generally divided into four grades according to its size, meat head and quality: special grade, first grade, second grade and third grade. there is a great difference in the price of different grades of Gastrodia elata. The retail price of super wild Gastrodia elata is usually 800 yuan / kg. The retail price of the first class wild Gastrodia elata is 600 yuan / kg, and the retail price of the second grade wild Gastrodia elata is 430 yuan / kg. The retail price of grade III wild Gastrodia elata is relatively lower than 260 yuan / kg, because the state does not have too many regulations on the retail price and wholesale price of wild medicinal materials, so the prices of different pharmacies and wholesale markets are different. The specific price should be based on the price of the local market, the price here is for your reference only.

Second, the efficacy of Gastrodia elata

Gastrodia species can be used as a good medicine to treat a variety of diseases in traditional Chinese medicine, and wild Gastrodia elata is one of the famous authentic medicinal materials, the quality is relatively the best, its main efficacy can be as follows:

1. Sedative effect: some medical units use synthetic gastrodin (gastrodin) to treat patients with neurasthenia and neurasthenia syndrome. It can also inhibit the central excitement caused by caffeine and enhance the sleep time effect of pentobarbital.

2. Analgesic effect: it has good analgesic effect on trigeminal neuralgia, vascular nerve headache, cerebrovascular headache, toxic polyneuritis and so on.

3. Anticonvulsant effect: Gastrodia elata has a certain curative effect on facial nerve convulsion, limb numbness, hemiplegia, epilepsy, as well as relieving smooth muscle spasm and angina pectoris.

4. the effect of lowering blood pressure: Gastrodia elata can not only treat hypertension, but also increase the blood flow of peripheral and coronary artery, which has a certain protective effect on the heart.

5. the effect of enlightening eyes and increasing intelligence: Gastrodia elata still has the effect of enlightening eyes and significantly enhancing memory. Gastrodia elata has a good protective and regulating effect on the cerebral nerve and can enhance the distinguishing ability of the optic nerve.

Although wild Gastrodia elata has many effects, there are at least one-year-old wild Gastrodia elata on the market, and the medicinal properties are basically gone. In addition, there are unscrupulous merchants who first extract the medicinal properties of Gastrodia elata and then sell the shell of Gastrodia elata. So you need to be careful when buying Gastrodia elata.

The above is some knowledge about Gastrodia elata, although Gastrodia has a variety of effects, but after all, it is poison, we are still in accordance with the doctor's advice to eat Gastrodia elata, do not eat Gastrodia elata at will.