The market price of yanhusuo

Rhizoma Corydalis, Atractylodes macrocephala Koidz, Paeonia lactiflora and Fritillaria are also known as "Zhejiang eight flavors". They are commonly used traditional Chinese medicines with warm nature, hard taste, entering the heart, spleen, liver and lungs. They are wonderful products for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, promoting qi and relieving pain, especially famous for their analgesic effect. Let's take a look at the market price of Corydalis yanhusuo.

The market price of yanhusuo

The market currency price of Yanhusuo ranges from 45 yuan to 55 yuan per kilogram, and the market fluctuation is not very obvious.

Two major producing areas of Rhizoma Corydalis

1. Zhejiang producing area: Panan producing area of Zhejiang is the authentic producing area of Rhizoma Corydalis, which has a long history of planting and mature planting and processing technology, and the purchase price of Corydalis is higher than that of Hanzhong.

2. Hanzhong producing area: Hanzhong is located between Qin and Ba, which is rich in traditional Chinese medicine resources. Hanzhong, Shaanxi has developed into the main producing area of Rhizoma Corydalis in recent years. By the end of 2014, the output of Rhizoma Corydalis has accounted for about 75% of the national output.

Identification of the authenticity of Rhizoma Corydalis

1. Authentic Corydalis yanhusuo: irregular oblate, 0.5-1.5 cm in diameter, yellow or yellowish brown on the surface, irregular reticular wrinkles, slightly sunken stem marks at the top, and often bumpy protuberances or sometimes micro-depressions at the bottom. The texture is hard and not easy to break, the cross section is horny, yellow, slight, bitter taste.

2. Processing doping: cobblestones are commonly mixed in Corydalis yanhusuo, the shape is similar to that of Rhizoma Corydalis, the surface is yellow and smooth, there is no obvious distinction between the top and the bottom, the texture is heavy and solid, the color fades after washing and the water is yellow.

3. Other plant impersonation: the tubers of other plants of Corydalis are used as medicinal materials of Corydalis, such as Corydalis, Rhizoma Corydalis, etc., these tubers are similar to Corydalis yanhusuo. In summer, there is no grayish yellow surface, there are many tumor-like protuberances, the top is obtusely round. Rhizoma Corydalis is irregularly spherical, yellowish brown and wrinkled. The whole leaf Corydalis is spherical or conical, the surface is gray-brown, wrinkled, the above three kinds of Corydalis are generally larger than Corydalis, and they are local varieties.