Market price of Polygonatum odoratum

Polygonatum odoratum is also called withered, ground pipe, tail ginseng, bell vegetable, etc. It is a perennial herb of Liliaceae. Its rhizome runs horizontally, its flesh is yellow and white, and most fibrous roots are densely grown. It originates in southwest China. It is widely distributed in the wild. Its rhizome can be used for medicine. The name of traditional Chinese medicine is also Polygonatum odoratum. It is a common bulk Chinese medicinal material. Let's take a look at the market price of Polygonatum odoratum.

Market price of Polygonatum odoratum

The price of Polygonatum odoratum is very good, the price of dry goods is 35 yuan-40 yuan/kg, the market price of unified tablets is 22 yuan-25 yuan/kg, and the prices of different places of origin and markets vary.

Specifications of Polygonatum odoratum

1. Hunan production area: Hunan production area divides Polygonatum odoratum into 3 grades. First class: more than 10 cm in length, thick, yellow and white, no more than 60 per 100 grams. Second class: more than 7 cm in length, thick, yellow and white, not more than 100 per 1000 grams. Third class: more than 3.5 cm in length, no more than 200 per 1000 grams.

2. Guangdong production area: Guangdong divides commodity polygonatum into polygonatum surface and polygonatum head. First class polygonatum surface: flat cylindrical, golden yellow surface, yellow white section, translucent, soft, rich in sugar, uniform stripes, central diameter of more than 2.3 cm. Second class polygonatum surface: the central diameter of more than 1 cm, the rest of the same class. Polygonatum head: unified goods, flat cylindrical. The surface is pale yellow, the section is yellow-white, translucent, soft, and the middle diameter is more than 3 cm.

3. Wild Polygonatum odoratum: uniform goods, slender and multi-node, pale yellow, translucent, soft and fine, without net hair.

Identification method of polygonatum odoratum

1. Identification points: identification of polygonatum odoratum should mainly master four points: one is cylindrical or slightly flat rhizome, the other is pale yellow with links, circular stem marks and fine root marks, the third is firm and crisp, the section is horny, sweet and sticky, and the fourth is fat and wild.

2. Character identification: Polygonatum odoratum is long cylindrical, slightly flat, rarely branched, 4~18 cm long, 0.3~1.6 cm in diameter, yellow-white or yellowish brown surface, translucent, with longitudinal wrinkles and slightly raised links, white dot-shaped fibrous root marks and disc-shaped stem marks, hard and brittle or slightly soft, easy to break, cutinous or granular in section, slight in gas, sweet in taste, sticky when chewed.

3. Rapid identification: Polygonatum odoratum rhizome is cylindrical or flat cylindrical, branched or unbranched, different in length, pale yellow to yellowish brown on the surface, with obvious links, nodes about 1 cm long, fibrous root marks and round stem marks visible. Dry ones are firm and brittle, easy to break, horny on the section, and soft when wet. Gas micro, sweet and sticky, home species root is relatively thick, wild generally more tender, quality to (home species) root fat, yellow white, luster soft for the best.