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Methods for Authenticating Panax Notoginseng: How to Tell Real from Fake

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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

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 curcuma.

Curcuma has a rough, gray surface, is hard in texture, and yellow or brown on the cut surface. It has transverse striations. When chewed, it is slightly bitter, with a spicy numbing sensation and a strong odor.

At the same time, pig blood can also be used to identify the authenticity of Panax notoginseng. The specific method is to put Panax notoginseng powder into a small amount of pig blood, and the pig blood can be seen turning into a watery state. This is mainly because the saponin components contained in Panax notoginseng exert a hemolytic effect.

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