Market price of American ginseng

American ginseng is a perennial herb of Araliaceae, alias American ginseng, American ginseng and American ginseng.

Market price of American ginseng

The market price of American ginseng ranges from 950 yuan to 1100 yuan per kilogram, which varies according to quality and market price.

The commodity grade of American ginseng

Commodity American ginseng is divided into long branch, short branch, unified goods and other specifications. The root shape is short and thick, and the body length is 2 mi 5 cm. The root length greater than 5 cm is the long branch. The root body is of different length and thickness. Long branch and short branch can also be divided into different specifications according to the root size.

No matter what kind of American ginseng product, it is better to have fine longitudinal wrinkles, yellow-white cross section, flat resin spots, obvious forming layer ring, rich aroma, no green branch, no red branch, no disease scar, no moth and no mildew.

Identification method of Panax quinquefolium

1. Wild American ginseng: wild American ginseng is cylindrical, long spindle-shaped, 2-6 cm long, 0.5-1.1 cm in diameter, without Reed head, fibrous root and branch root, without peeling, the surface is yellowish yellow or quasi-white, peeled is white, with powder.

2. Imported American ginseng: the main root of imported American ginseng is round or spindle-shaped, the Reed head remains or has been removed, the residual one is slightly to one side, the surface is light yellow or yellowish white, the skin pattern is delicate, with protruding transverse lenticels, the texture is full and strong, the folded section is slightly horny, there are often small fissures between the skin and the wood or center, the cross section is pink and white, and the skin can be seen to form a brown layer ring, with reddish brown spots scattered inside and outside the ring. It has a strong taste of hard work and penetrates the throat.

3. Domestic American ginseng: domestic American ginseng has long cylindrical shape, stout branches, large Reed head, smooth surface, black color, obvious longitudinal grain, light texture, like red brick just out of kiln, poor powder, few cracked cracks, only bitter taste, little or no sweet taste, and cotton floss feeling after chewing for a long time.

4. Sun ginseng: raw ginseng is the dried root of ginseng of the same family, which is processed as American ginseng, cylindrical or fusiform, with Reed head and whisker root, the upper part or all of the main root has intermittent ring-shaped transverse pattern, the cross-sectional chrysanthemum heart is not obvious, light brown to light grayish brown, 5cm long, 1cm in diameter, light texture, light gas, slightly bitter after initial taste.

5. Inferior American ginseng: inferior American ginseng is the same family and genus, but the active ingredients have been extracted artificially, and then after drying, it is pseudo-authentic American ginseng, the shape is the same as American ginseng, the folded section is gray-white, the forming layer ring spreads into a dark brownish red, and the phloem can still see reddish brown dots, dry but not oily, stiff texture, light smell, bitter at the beginning of chewing, and then tasteless after several swallows.