How to Identify Real vs. Fake Mulberry Sanghuang in the Simplest Way

What exactly is it that makes it so hard for many people to buy genuine mulberry Sanghuang?

 

1. Mulberry Sanghuang resources are scarce. The quantity of wild Sanghuang is limited, and genuine wild mulberry Sanghuang is even rarer, so buying mulberry Sanghuang comes down to fate. Generally, you can only find it from merchants who sell wild Sanghuang year-round.

 

2. Few people truly know Sanghuang. Because Sanghuang is scarce and lacks commercial hype, only a small number of people know about Sanghuang, and therefore only very few people can recognize genuine mulberry Sanghuang.

 

 

3. There are too many fakes passing as the real thing. Whether on Taobao shops or in herbal medicine stores, most of what is sold is Sanghuang from other trees priced at tens to hundreds of yuan, such as horse-hoof Huang, Syringa reticulata Huang, poplar Huang, purple-oil Huang and other low-priced fungi. But they generally label these as mulberry Sanghuang and charge 800, 1200 or more. A while ago, a customer came to our herbal medicine store looking for horse-hoof Sanghuang and told our salesperson that her friend sells it online for over 1000 per kilogram and sells it very well, but the purchase price is 100 yuan.

 

People often ask me how to buy genuine wild mulberry Sanghuang. The answer I usually give has the following 2 points:

 

One, look at the price. Based on the current market, low prices mean fungi from other trees (horse-hoof Huang, Syringa reticulata Huang, poplar Huang, purple-oil Huang), generally priced at tens of yuan to under two thousand yuan per 1kg. Genuine mulberry Sanghuang, depending on the production area and the merchant's marketing purpose, is generally priced at around 4000-24000 per 1kg. In the Sanghuang industry, please firmly believe one saying: you cannot buy wild mulberry Sanghuang at a low price, and this seems to apply equally in other industries.

 

Two, look at professionalism. On the basis of the first point, you should also see whether the merchant is relatively focused on the Sanghuang industry and whether they treat Sanghuang as a main line of business. I know some merchants who deal in Sanghuang from other trees; they believe there is only one kind of Sanghuang, know nothing about Sanghuang except that it is good for the body, and do not even use it themselves. If a merchant studies Sanghuang and pursues it, they will use mulberry Sanghuang themselves long-term and share their thoughts at any time.


Author: Toutiao account / Professor Sanghuang