What is the market price of Corydalis yanhusuo per jin?
Corydalis yanhusuo, together with Atractylodes macrocephala, peony and Fritillaria, is known as one of the "Eight Flavors of Zhejiang". It is a major commonly used traditional Chinese medicine, warm in nature, pungent and bitter in taste, entering the heart, spleen, liver and lung meridians. It is a wonderful product for invigorating blood and dissolving stasis, promoting qi and relieving pain, and is especially famous worldwide for its pain-relieving effect. Let us take a look below at what the market price of Corydalis yanhusuo is like!
The market price of Corydalis yanhusuo
The market common grade price of Corydalis yanhusuo is 45 yuan to 55 yuan per kg, and market fluctuations are not very obvious.
The two major production areas of Corydalis yanhusuo
1. Zhejiang production area: The Pan'an production area in Zhejiang is the genuine producing area of Corydalis yanhusuo. This production area has a long history of cultivating Corydalis yanhusuo, and its planting and processing techniques are also relatively mature. The purchase price of Corydalis yanhusuo is also somewhat higher than that of the Hanzhong production area.
2. Hanzhong production area: Hanzhong lies between the Qinling and Bashan mountains and is rich in traditional Chinese medicinal material resources. In recent years, Hanzhong in Shaanxi has developed into the main production area of Corydalis yanhusuo. By the end of 2014, the output of Corydalis yanhusuo had already accounted for about 75% of the national output.
Identification of the authenticity of Corydalis yanhusuo
1. Genuine Corydalis yanhusuo: It is irregularly flat-spherical, 0.5~1.5 cm in diameter, yellow or yellowish-brown on the surface, with irregular netted wrinkles, a slightly sunken stem scar at the top, and often lumpy protrusions or sometimes slight depressions at the bottom. The texture is hard and not easy to break, the cross-section is horn-like and yellow, the odor is faint, and the taste is bitter.
2. Processing adulteration: It is common to process and adulterate cobblestones into Corydalis yanhusuo medicinal material. They resemble Corydalis yanhusuo in appearance, vary in size, are yellow and smooth on the surface, have no obvious distinction between top and bottom, are heavy and solid in texture, and fade after washing with water while the water turns yellow.
3. Adulteration with other plants: The tubers of other plants in the genus Corydalis are used to pass off as Corydalis yanhusuo medicinal material, mainly the tubers of Corydalis decumbens, Corydalis remota, Corydalis integrifolia and Corydalis ambigua, among others. These tubers are relatively similar in appearance to Corydalis yanhusuo. Corydalis decumbens is grayish-yellow on the surface, with numerous tumor-like protrusions and a bluntly rounded top. Corydalis remota is irregularly spherical, yellowish-brown on the surface, and shrunken. Corydalis integrifolia is spherical or conical, grayish-brown on the surface, and shrunken. The individuals of the above three types of Corydalis are generally larger than Corydalis yanhusuo and are local-use varieties.