How to tell if saffron is real or fake 15

Teach you to distinguish between real and fake saffron.

The authenticity of saffron can be distinguished by soaking, wiping, pressing, and iodine.

1. Water soaking method: After soaking the real saffron in water, you can see that the obvious yellow active ingredients are released from the surrounding of the filament, and the water will eventually be dyed golden yellow.

2. Wipe method: The traces of genuine saffron after wiping it vigorously on white paper are yellow or orange.

3. Pressing: After pressing the genuine saffron, there will be no oil stains on the paper.

4. Iodine wine method: iodine wine does not change blue after dripping into genuine saffron.

Notes:If the traces of the wiping method are not easy to develop, you can dip the filaments in water first and then wipe them.

For women, there is a herb that should be more familiar than the Zhao Bureau, that is, saffron, but most people should not have seen it, there are very few people who know this herb, it is possible that some people use saffron to treat diseases and they are not very clear, saffron is a precious medicinal material, so how to distinguish saffron from fake? How can saffron tell the real from the fake?

1. Water soaking method

Real saffron: The real saffron is made of purple-blue saffron stamens, take a sample and immerse it in water a little, the water is dyed golden yellow and gradually downward, it will not be broken immediately when it rots in the water, and the water is bright light yellow, the oil-free floats on the water surface are observed with a magnifying glass, and the real product is expanded into a trumpet shape at one end, and there is a crack on one side.

Fake saffron: fakes are the stamens of other flowers or even radishes cut into very fine shreds, and then dyed, after soaking in water, radishes will be broken, dyed will fade quickly, and the water will become red or orange and yellow and have oily floats, adulterated varieties include saffron stamens, daylily dyeing, maize flower columns, stigmas, safflower, lotus whiskers, etc.

2. Paper pressing method

Real saffron: The red color of saffron is not the color of dyeing, press it firmly with facial paper, and there will be no color residue on the paper.

Fake saffron: The color of fake saffron is dyed later, and a lot of pigment is on the surface of the material, and the pigment will fall off after pressing hard, and there will be red residue on the paper.

3. Observation method

True saffron: Put the saffron on a white piece of paper, spread it out and observe it carefully, the real saffron is the stamens of the flower, therefore, each one is trumpet-shaped, and some of them are broken.

Fake saffron: Fake saffron is mostly dyed with edible glue, which is not trumpet-shaped, and is mostly irregular strips or cylindrical.

4. Chemical inspection method

True Saffron: Remove a small piece of saffron, put it on a glass plate, add a drop of dilute sulfuric acid, and the true saffron will appear dark blue around the flower, then slowly turn purple, and then turn reddish-brown.

Fake saffron: Because it contains pigment, dropwise addition of chemical test liquid will directly lead to the dissolution of pigment, and directly appear reddish.

5. How to use saffron

1. Saffron tea: Take 5 to 10 saffron filaments, which can be brewed repeatedly and soaked in boiling water before drinking.

2. Saffron wine: 4 grams of saffron with 500ml of white wine, soak for one month and drink, 2 times a day, 50ml each time, after meals.

3. Saffron**: 1 gram of saffron, 10 grams of angelica, 10 grams of peach blossom, grind into powder and prepare with honey.

The method of distinguishing the real from the fake of saffron: the color of the soaking water, the details of the shape, the smell of the aroma, and the paper pressing method.

1. The color of the soaking water.

Although the appearance of real saffron is red, but the soaking water is golden yellow, and the fake must be dyed with red, the soaking water should be red, some people may retort that some red clothes will not fade after soaking in water, but if this is the case, it should be colorless after soaking.

2. Shape details.

Real saffron, thick at one end and thin at the other, and the thick end is irregularly jagged.

3. Smell the aroma.

Authentic saffron has a very strong floral fragrance and is very special, while fake or adulterated goods have a faint or even unsmelling taste.

4. Paper pressing method.

Use a tissue paper to take a small saffron wrap and squeeze it vigorously in the middle, the paper should not leave oil marks, otherwise it will be doped with mineral or vegetable oil.

Morphological characteristics of saffron

Saffron ("The Essence of the Collection"), also known as: Povlan ("Drinking and Drinking"), Sa Fulan ("The Essence of the Collection"). Perennial herb.

The underground bulb is globous and covered with brown membranous scales. Leaves 9 15, white bulbs born, sessile, leaves narrow, long, linear, 15 20 cm long, 2 3 cm wide, leaf margins reversed, finely hairy, base surrounded by 4 5 broad scales.

Flowers apical, centimeter in diameter; perianth 6, obovate, lavender, flower tube 4.6 cm long, tubular; stamens 3, anthers large, arrow-shaped at base; Pistil 3, carpel consonate, ovary subordinate, columella slender, yellow, apex three deeply lobed, protruding from the outside of the flower tube, drooping, dark red, stigma slightly enlarged at apex, with an opening funnel-shaped. Capsule, elongated, with three obtuse ridges, about 3 cm long and about cm wide, reaching the ground when the fruit is ripe. The seeds are numerous, spherical, and leathery.

Flowering period is early to mid-November.

1. Look at the appearance: generally good saffron is dark red and fragrant, and saffron is generally picked with stamens, and there are 3 pistils in the stamens, the shape is slender, and it is this part that is used in medicine; And the bad or fake saffron is generally bright red and smells bad.

2. Identification of soaking in water: There is also a difference between good and bad saffron soaking in water, you can take a small amount of saffron and soak it in water to observe its changes. Generally, after the real saffron is soaked in water, it will appear orange-yellow around the flower, and it will slide down little by little in a straight line, gradually dyeing the water yellow, the color is bright and transparent, and there is no floating object on the water surface, if it is red or other colors, then such saffron is fake.

3. Smell and smell: saffron has a fragrance, and generally real saffron has a very special fragrance, which smells particularly fresh; Fake saffron or bad saffron will feel a bit mixed when smelling because it is mixed with other flowers and leaves

Counterfeit saffron is generally made from corn silk, vegetable silk and, even plastic silk, to deceive customers. Saffron is dark red, a bit greasy to the touch, has a stigma like a stamen, and its smell is very special.

**When soaked in water, it will immediately appear yellow, and plummet, gradually spreading, the water can be washed four times in a row, and the water will still be yellow by the fourth time. The fake saffron is soaked in water, and there are more floating parts, and it is reddish when soaked in water.

There is also a situation that is difficult to identify, the real saffron is only used in the medicine of its dry stigma, the stigma has three branches, often broken, and the appearance is dark red. Some imitations are mixed with saffron with whole petals.

1. Water soaking method: take a few saffron filaments, put them in hot water, and observe the discoloration of the water. Although the filaments of saffron are red, its active ingredients are yellow after soaking in water, while fake saffron can only be dyed red and remain red after soaking in water.

2. Observation method: The tip of the filament of the genuine product is swollen with a bell mouth.

Introduction

Saffron, the name of Chinese medicinal materials. This product is the upper part and stigma of the saffron flower column of the iris family. 9 In October, the flowers are harvested on a sunny morning, the stigma is removed, and the dried safflower is dried.

If it is reprocessed to make the oil moist and shiny, it is wet safflower. Dried safflower is of better quality. Store in a cool, dry place and store tightly closed.

The main functions are: invigorating blood circulation and removing stasis, dispersing depression and opening knots.