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Identification of authenticity of Panax Notoginseng

Published: 2024-12-22 Author: mysheen
Last Updated: 2024/12/22, Panax notoginseng is commonly known as Tianqi, with large size, heavy weight, smooth body surface, brown and black, hard quality, gray-green or yellow-green cross-section color is better. In the private sector, its quality and price are often determined according to the number of stem blocks of Panax notoginseng per catty. The bigger the head, the better the quality and the higher the price. If there are 20 Tianqi enough to weigh 1 jin, this is the best, called the "seven kings". There are 60 to 80 Panax notoginseng enough for 1 jin, called 80. If there are more than 300 Tianqi per jin, it is called headless, and the quality is the worst. Panax notoginseng chewing slightly bitter, no spicy, fragile. Easy to relate to

Panax notoginseng is commonly known as Tianqi, with large size, heavy weight, smooth body surface, brown and black, hard quality, gray-green or yellow-green cross-section color is better. In the private sector, its quality and price are often determined according to the number of stem blocks of Panax notoginseng per catty. The bigger the head, the better the quality and the higher the price. If there are 20 Tianqi enough to weigh 1 jin, this is the best, called the "seven kings". There are 60 to 80 Panax notoginseng enough for 1 jin, called 80. If there are more than 300 Tianqi per jin, it is called headless, and the quality is the worst. Panax notoginseng chewing slightly bitter, no spicy, fragile. What is easy to be confused with Panax notoginseng is zedoary.

Zedoary turmeric body surface is not smooth, gray, hard, cross-section yellow or brown. There are horizontal lines. The chewing is slightly bitter, with a spicy feeling and a strong smell.

At the same time, pig blood can also be used to identify the authenticity of Panax notoginseng, the specific method is to put Panax notoginseng powder into a small amount of pig blood, pig blood can be found into water. This is mainly due to the hemolysis of the saponins contained in Panax notoginseng.

 
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