The market price of cassia seed

Cassia seed, also known as Cassia, Horseshoe, etc., is the mature seed of Cassia Leguminosae. After the fruit is ripe every autumn, the whole plant is cut or taken off the pod, dried in the sun, hit the seed, clean the pod shell and impurities and then dry it. It is a common traditional Chinese medicine. Let's take a look at the market price of Cassia seed.

The market price of cassia seed

The market price of cassia seed is about 8-11 yuan / kg, and the price of cassia seed is about 30 yuan per kilogram, usually 3-4 kg per mu, and the yield per mu is about 300 kg.

Distribution of producing area of Cassia seed

Cassia seed was born on hillsides, roadsides and wilderness, and likes high temperature and humid climate. It is planted in the south of the Yangtze River in China, mainly in Anhui, Guangxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang, Guangdong and other places.

Identification of true and false semen Cassiae

1. Authentic: the appearance of authentic cassia seed is rhomboid, shaped like a horseshoe, with one end slightly pointed and one end truncated, so it is also known as horseshoe cassia, 5mm long, 2.5mm wide, yellowish brown or green brown on the surface, smooth and shiny, with a raised brown rib on each side, a light and slightly sunken line on each side, hard and not easy to break, and a thin cross-section of the endosperm. Cotyledons yellow or dark brown, strongly folded and wrinkled, after the authentic water immersion, slightly sunken lines on both sides of the seed burst, smell slightly, taste slightly bitter, slightly mucous.

2. Counterfeit: the counterfeit cassia seed is usually the seed of Sesbania przewalskii, which is short cylindrical, 2mm in length and 1mm in width, smaller than the original as a whole, yellowish brown to dark green brown in appearance, and smooth on the surface, but the ends are obtusely round, the middle is slightly constricted, and after breaking, the navel is located in the middle of the ventral side, white and round, and there is no swelling and cracking in water, and the smell is also slight, but the taste has an obvious fishy smell.