Why does Polygonum multiflorum look like a person? Uncover the humanoid scam! The method of identification is attached.

We all know that white hair can be cured. Although we usually buy prepared polygonum multiflorum in pharmacies, there are often reports that a human polygonum multiflorum has been dug up somewhere. So why does it look like a human being? Is the human-shaped polygonum multiflorum on the market dozens of catties a scam?

The reason why they look like humans.

Human-shaped polygonum multiflorum refers to polygonum multiflorum, which is shaped like human shape. There are two kinds of natural formation and artificial cultivation:

1. Wild polygonum multiflorum encountered hard objects such as stones during its growth, which led to its abnormal growth and uneven phenomenon, among which the human-like one was naturally formed human-shaped polygonum multiflorum.

2. various human-shaped molds are manufactured according to requirements, and then small polygonum multiflorum is placed in the mold, planted underground, and grown into artificially cultivated human-shaped polygonum multiflorum. Artificial cultivation of human-shaped polygonum multiflorum parts symmetrical, full, like a sculpture of art.

The Human Scam

Now the so-called "human-shaped polygonum multiflorum" in the market can never be the real polygonum multiflorum. So far, the largest record of polygonum multiflorum is only 2.7 kg.

In the market, wild polygonum multiflorum price and artificial cultivation price difference is very large, and human-shaped polygonum multiflorum is full of mystery. Therefore, some people cultivate human-shaped polygonum multiflorum by certain means, as "thousand-year human-shaped polygonum multiflorum" for profiteering. Recently, many media have reported that swindlers will plantain, palm heart and so on carved into human-shaped polygonum multiflorum fraud cases.

According to insiders, there are three main means of counterfeiting: carving fake palm hearts and banana roots; grafting with yam tubers; cultivating polygonum multiflorum in molds.

identification

True and false polygonum multiflorum can be distinguished from the following four aspects.

1. Source: true polygonum multiflorum for polygonaceae plants, and false polygonum multiflorum are generally for yam plants.

2. Color, texture: true polygonum multiflorum surface is reddish brown or reddish brown, wrinkled uneven, shallow groove, section is light yellow brown or reddish brown, there are heterotypic vascular bundle ring row, forming cloud brocade pattern, commonly known as "tendon", solid quality; false polygonum multiflorum surface color gray, smooth, section color white, middle without tendon, crisp texture.

3. Vine stem: false polygonum multiflorum vine is generally planted later, in the false polygonum multiflorum inserted into the real polygonum multiflorum vine artificially fabricated, pull hard will pull out.

4. Taste: true polygonum multiflorum taste bitter and astringent, false polygonum multiflorum taste light.