What kind of medicine is Rhizoma Polygonatum? How much is the price per jin in 2019?

Polygonatum is a plant of Liliaceae and Polygonatum. Its dry rhizome can be used as medicine. It is generally dug in spring and autumn to remove fibrous roots, wash them, put them in boiling water, or steam them to penetrate the heart and dry them. So, what kind of medicine is Rhizoma Polygonatum? How much is the price per jin?

What kind of medicine is Rhizoma Polygonatum?

Rhizoma Polygonatum is a tonifying medicine.

1. Rhizoma Polygonatum, also known as chicken head Polygonatum, yellow chicken cabbage, pen vegetable, claw ginseng, tiger ginger, chicken claw ginseng, etc., stem 50-90 cm high, or up to more than 1 meter; leaf whorl, 4-6 per round, striped lanceolate, apex rolled or bent into a hook; flowering period from May to June, inflorescences usually have 2-4 flowers, resembling umbrella shape, with milky white to yellowish color; berries are black from August to September in fruiting period. Rhizome cylindrical, Internode thick at one end and thin at the other.

2. In China, Rhizoma Polygonatum is produced in Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Gansu (east), Henan, Shandong, Anhui (east), Zhejiang (northwest), and in foreign countries. North Korea, Mongolia and eastern Siberia of the Soviet Union are also produced in forests, thickets or shady slopes, 8-2800 m above sea level.

3. Rhizoma Polygonatum is commonly known as "rhubarb essence", "chicken head yellow essence" and "ginger shaped yellow essence". Rhizoma Rehmanniae is a thick fleshy nodule with a yellowish to yellowish brown surface and a yellowish to yellowish brown cross-section. the chicken head yellow essence is nodular, yellowish-white or grayish yellow, translucent; ginger-shaped yellow essence is a long nodular block, the surface is grayish yellow or yellowish brown, the surface is grayish yellow or yellowish brown.

4. Huang Jing is sweet and flat, which has the effects of tonifying qi and nourishing yin, invigorating spleen, moistening lung and tonifying kidney. It is often used for spleen and stomach qi deficiency, body fatigue and weakness, stomach yin deficiency, dry mouth, lung deficiency and dryness cough, labor cough and hemoptysis, essence blood deficiency, sour and soft waist and knees, early whitening, internal heat and thirst, etc., but pay attention to those who suffer from cold diarrhea, phlegm-dampness, fullness and qi stagnation.

Second, how much is the price of Polygonatum in 2019?

1. According to 8u58, the price of Rhizoma Polygonatum (all) is 66 yuan / kg.

2. According to the Tiandi Network of traditional Chinese Medicine, the price of Polygonatum (Tongge and Southwest) in Anguo Pharmaceutical City is 70 yuan / kg, 60-65 yuan / kg in Bozhou Pharmaceutical City, 61-66 yuan / kg in Hehuachi Pharmaceutical City and 66 yuan / kg in Yulin Pharmaceutical City.

3. According to Kangmei traditional Chinese Medicine Network, the price of Huangjing (Tong, Hunan) in Bozhou, Yulin and Lianqiao is 62 yuan / kg, 65 yuan / kg in Anguo and Chengdu, 65 yuan / kg in Puning area, 70 yuan / kg in Bozhou area, 72 yuan / kg in Anguo, Chengdu and Lianqiao area, and 73 yuan / kg in Yulin and Puning area.

Conclusion: Polygonatum is the dry rhizome of Liliaceae, Polygonatum, Polygonatum or Polygonatum. According to different shapes, it is commonly known as "rhubarb essence", "chicken head yellow essence" and "ginger-shaped yellow essence". Its dry rhizome can be used as medicine and is a tonifying medicinal material with the effect of tonifying qi and nourishing yin, invigorating the spleen, moistening the lung and tonifying the kidney; its price is between 60 and 73 yuan / kg, with different producing areas and different specifications, the price is different.