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How to Tell the Authenticity and Quality of Medicinal Materials Such as Bird's Nest, Ejiao Cake and Ginseng
For consumers, the most commonly encountered traditional Chinese medicinal materials are precious ones like ginseng and bird's nest. 1. Bird's nest thread-pulling method: Bird's nest is an excellent tonic; high-quality bird's nest...
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What Are the "Zhe Ba Wei"? A Detailed Guide to 8 Authentic Zhejiang Medicinal Herbs
Most people traveling pick up some local specialty to bring home as a keepsake or a gift. Due to the influence of the industry, when a friend previously went to Changbai Mountain...
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Methods for Authenticating Panax Notoginseng: How to Tell Real from Fake
Panax notoginseng, commonly known as Tianqi, is considered best when the roots are large, heavy, smooth on the surface, brown-black, hard in texture, and grayish-green or yellow-green on the cut surface. Among the people, its quality and price are often determined by how many Tianqi rhizome pieces make up each jin: the larger the heads, the better the quality and the higher the price. If 20 Tianqi heads make up 1 jin, this is the best, called the "King of Seven." If 60 to 80 Tianqi heads make up 1 jin, they are called 80-head. If each jin contains more than 300 Tianqi heads, they are called headless grade, the poorest quality. Panax notoginseng tastes slightly bitter when chewed, with no numbing or spicy sensation, and breaks easily. It is easily confused with
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Detailed Explanation of Key Techniques for Authentic Cave Cultivation of Gastrodia elata
Gastrodia elata, also called red arrow, wind-stilling grass, and water potato, is a perennial herb of the genus Gastrodia in the Orchidaceae family. It is a valuable medicinal material for treating diseases of the nervous system. The medicinal part is the underground tuber. Gastrodia elata is sweet in taste and neutral in nature, and has the effects of calming liver fire, boosting qi and stopping convulsions, nourishing the liver, and relieving spasms. Artificially cave-cultivated Gastrodia elata shows no obvious difference from wild Gastrodia elata in morphology or efficacy, so developing artificial cultivation of Gastrodia elata is an effective measure to address the dwindling supply of wild Gastrodia elata. Caves (or cellars) are warm in winter and cool in summer, suitable for the growth and development of Gastrodia elata, and are an ideal
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How to Identify Authentic vs. Fake Gastrodia elata? A Quick Guide to Telling Real from Fake
In recent years, due to excessive harvesting for medicinal use, wild Gastrodia elata has been steadily declining, and the medicinal material is in very short supply. Gastrodia elata is an important medicinal material for treating vertigo. Its nature and flavor are sweet and neutral, and it enters the liver meridian. Its main function is to calm the liver and extinguish wind. For dizziness and blurred vision, flushed face, and light-headedness with heavy feet caused by liver yang rising, or for high fever with convulsions, epileptic spasms, and opisthotonus caused by internal stirring of liver wind, taking Gastrodia elata in combination with other drugs often produces good results. In view of this, some unscrupulous merchants pass off similar rhizomes as Gastrodia elata to deceive consumers. On the market
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