Market price of Forsythia suspensa

Forsythia, also known as yellow flowers, even shell, green Qiao, etc., belongs to commonly used Chinese medicinal materials, is a plant belonging to the genus Forsythia of Oleaceae, has the effects of clearing heat, detoxification, dispersing and detumescence, mainly used for the treatment of warm, erysipelas, macula, carbuncle swelling, scrofula, urinary stranguria and other diseases. Let's take a look at the market price of Forsythia.

Market price of forsythia

The market price of forsythia will fluctuate according to different locations. Generally, it should be 45-60 yuan/kg. If it is purchased in large quantities in large medicinal materials markets or distribution centers, it will be lower.

Forsythia classification

1. Huang Qiao: unified goods, dry goods, narrow oval to oval. Both ends are long and narrow, split into two petals, there is an obvious longitudinal groove and irregular longitudinal wrinkles and raised small spots on the surface, there are residual fruit stalks between them, the surface is brownish yellow, the inner surface is light yellow, smooth, there is mediastinum inside, the quality is firm and crisp, the seeds have fallen off, the gas is slightly fragrant, the taste is bitter, there is no branch, seed, impurity and mildew.

2. Qingqiao: unified goods, dry goods, long oval or oval shape, long and narrow at both ends, mostly not cracked, green color on the surface, green-brown, two vertical Tao and raised small spots, mediastinum inside, hard quality, fragrant, bitter taste, residual fruit stalk, no branches and leaves, withered, impurities and mildew.

Identification method of forsythia suspensa

1, genuine forsythia: according to the harvest time different points Qingqiao and old Qiao, fruit is long oval to oval, 1.5-2.5 cm long, 0.5-1.3 cm in diameter, the surface has irregular longitudinal wrinkles and most raised small spots, each side has a clear longitudinal groove, sharp tip, base has small fruit stalk or has fallen off.

① Qingqiao: Qingqiao does not crack, the surface is green-brown, the raised gray-white spots are few, the quality is hard, most of the seeds are yellow-green slender, and one side has wings.

Old Qiao: Old Qiao cracks or splits into two petals from the top, the surface is yellow-brown or reddish-brown, the inner surface is mostly light yellow brown, smooth, with a mediastinum, crisp, brown seeds, more have fallen off, slightly fragrant, bitter taste.

2. Qin forsythia: Qin forsythia is long oval, 0.5-1.8 cm long, 0.3-1.0 cm in diameter, sharp at the top, too many cracks, more connections at the base, light brown on the surface, smooth, small spots on the protrusion are not obvious, one valve is slightly curved to the side, the other valve is slightly curved outward, similar to chicken beak, there are two seeds in it, light brown, long oval, curved around, 3-5 obvious longitudinal ribs on one side, most of the seeds fall off, slightly fragrant, bitter taste.

3. Golden bell flower (Forsythia angustifolia): The whole plant is poisonous, the stalk usually has laminar pith in the internode, the leaves are slightly wider and do not divide, the fruit is slightly shorter and ovate, 1.0-2.0 cm long, the pericarp is slightly thin, the base has wrinkled warty protrusions, distributed on both sides of the longitudinal groove from the middle to the top, the quality is crisp, the seeds are golden yellow, with trigonometry, the seed coat is wrinkled, there are irregular veins, and there are filaments connected after twisting.

4. Forsythia ovata: ovoid, 0.8-1.1 cm long, fruit skin small protrusions and irregular fine longitudinal wrinkles, hard, yellow seeds, trigonous, easy to fall off after crushing, no silk connection.

5, Lijiang forsythia: ovate, about 1 cm long, pericarp without protrusions, with irregular longitudinal wrinkles, hard, seeds brown or reddish brown, with trigonometry, twisted after no silk connection.

6, strange forsythia: fruit is ovate flat, about 1.5 cm long, peel black brown, with irregular longitudinal wrinkles, seeds brown, slender, slightly curved, one side has wings, translucent.