Is the thousand-year-old shape of Polygonum multiflorum really?

For ordinary people, the thousand-year-old shape of Polygonum multiflorum is just a legend, because it is rare, people are more and more curious, and the price difference between wild and artificial cultivation is also very large. therefore, some people cultivate human-shaped Polygonum multiflorum by certain means. as a "thousand-year-old human Polygonum multiflorum" to make exorbitant profits, according to experts, there are three main means of counterfeiting, let's take a look!

Carve a fake with a palm heart

Take a palm heart bigger than your fist and cut it into a human body with hands, feet and head with a knife. Then dig a hole in the head position, insert a Polygonum multiflorum vine, fix it with a toothpick, and finally smear it black and yellow with yellow mud and charcoal ash. In this way, a very humanoid "thousand years of Polygonum multiflorum" came into being. Why do counterfeiters choose palm hearts as models? According to plant experts, the flesh of palm is similar to that of Polygonum multiflorum, and there is much moisture. Polygonum multiflorum vine is easy to absorb and not easy to wither after it is inserted, so it is mostly carved with palm heart. In addition, some people use banana roots to carve the shape of Polygonum multiflorum.

Grafting Polygonum multiflorum with Dioscorea zingiberensis tuber

The counterfeiters used Dioscorea zingiberensis, which is closely related to Polygonum multiflorum, as the matrix, grafted Polygonum multiflorum Thunb, and then implanted it into a human-shaped mold. after about half a year of growth, Polygonum multiflorum combined with Dioscorea zingiberensis. Dioscorea zingiberensis grows very fast, and after removing the mold, it becomes a "human shape".

Cultivate Polygonum multiflorum in the mold

The one-year-old Polygonum multiflorum was transplanted into a human-shaped mold to limit its normal growth. after several years of growth, Polygonum multiflorum developed into a human form, and some counterfeiters even made the characteristics of men or women on the mold, and some even appeared in pairs. This kind of counterfeiting technique is clever, the shape is realistic, the material is real, and it is easy to confuse people.

Identification of true and false Polygonum multiflorum

Experts say that in fact, it is relatively easy to distinguish wild Polygonum multiflorum from artificially cultivated Polygonum multiflorum, which can be identified by the following characteristics. Wild Polygonum multiflorum has rough surface, uneven surface, irregular overall shape, and is not easy to break. Artificial human Polygonum multiflorum, covered with white roots, itself is relatively fragile, 90% discount will be broken, slightly cut the epidermis will have white glial fluid flow out The so-called "thousand-year-old human shape of Polygonum multiflorum" is basically a lie.