How much is the market price of He Shou Wu per jin?
He Shou Wu, also known as Polygonum multiflorum, Zi Wu Teng, Ye Jiao Teng, etc., is a perennial twining vine of the genus Fallopia in the tribe Polygoneae of the family Polygonaceae. Its tuberous root can be used as medicine and is one of the common Chinese medicinal herbs. It has the effects of nourishing blood and enriching yin, moistening the intestines and relieving constipation, and dispelling wind and detoxifying. Now let us take a look at the market price of He Shou Wu!
The market price of He Shou Wu
The market price of He Shou Wu is about 15 yuan to 20 yuan per kilogram. At present, wild He Shou Wu is becoming increasingly rare, and its price is much higher than that of artificially cultivated ones, several tens of yuan per jin. Wild human-shaped He Shou Wu is even harder to find. The so-called “thousand-year human-shaped He Shou Wu” are all deceptive.
The producing areas of He Shou Wu
The producing areas of He Shou Wu are distributed in southern Shaanxi, southern Gansu, East China, Central China, South China, Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou. Binhai County in Jiangsu Province and Deqing County in Guangdong Province are well-known hometowns of He Shou Wu.
Identification of true and false He Shou Wu
1. Source identification: true He Shou Wu is a plant of the family Polygonaceae, while false He Shou Wu is generally a plant of the family Dioscoreaceae.
2. Texture identification: the surface of true He Shou Wu is reddish brown or red brown, wrinkled and uneven, with shallow grooves; the cut surface is light yellowish brown or reddish brown, with anomalous vascular bundles arranged in a ring, forming a cloud-brocade-like pattern? commonly known as “veins”, and the texture is solid. The surface of false He Shou Wu is dull in color, smooth, and the cut surface is rather white, with no veins in the middle, and the texture is loose and brittle.
3. Vine stem identification: the vine of false He Shou Wu is generally made by inserting the vine of true He Shou Wu into false He Shou Wu during later planting to artificially fabricate it, and it will be pulled out when pulled hard.
4. Taste identification: true He Shou Wu tastes bitter and astringent, while false He Shou Wu tastes bland.