How to distinguish between good and bad angelica?

Round or irregular lamellae, with light brown rings on the cut surface, flexible, dark yellow, slightly scorched. The taste is sweet, slightly bitter, and the aroma is strong, with the aroma of wine. That's good.

Angelica sinensis is 15-25 cm long, cylindrical, with 3-5 or more branches in the lower part, yellowish-brown to tan surface, wrinkled and transversely elongated pores. The root head (homing) is centimeter in diameter, annular, the upper end is rounded and blunt, with purple or yellow-green stems and leaf sheath residues; The surface of the taproot (homing) is uneven; The branch root (tail) is centimeter in diameter, thick at the top and thin at the bottom, mostly twisted, with a few fibrous root marks. The texture is flexible, the section is yellowish-white or light yellowish-brown, the skin is thick, there are fissures and most brown punctate secretory cavities, the xylem is light, and the cambium ring is yellowish-brown.

It can be distinguished from the big job, no mildew, no impurities, and no moth-eaten goods.

Ways to tell the truth of angelica:

1. Taste: sweet and spicy.

Angelica is sweet and then a little spicy, and the numb tongue is not too strong.

2. Color: yellowish brown or slightly brown.

The color of the real authentic angelica processed according to tradition should be yellowish and yellow-brown, not white.

3. Smell: There is a pungent fragrance.

The smell of angelica smells a fragrance when you pick it up, and the angelica gas is fragrant and strong, and it makes you want to smell it again. The lone aroma is more sulky, and there is discomfort when smelling it for a long time.

Lovage and Angelica are both plants of the Apiaceae family.

Dried roots of Angelica pubescens Biserrata Shan et Yuan. The texture is hard, it becomes soft when wet, the cross-section skin is grayish-white, there are mostly scattered brown oil chambers, the wood part is grayish-yellow to yellowish-brown, and the cambium ring is brown. It has a specific aroma, bitter, pungent and slightly numb tongue.

Angelica sinensis for Angelica sinensis (Oliv.).Diels' dried roots. The texture is flexible, the section is yellowish-white or light yellowish-brown, the skin is thick, there are cracks and most brown punctate secretory cavities, the wood color is light, and the cambium ring is yellowish-brown.

It has a strong aroma, sweet, pungent and slightly bitter.

These two drugs are mostly smoked with sulfur in processing, and there will be a sour smell when residual sulfur or deterioration. In recent years, due to Angelica sinensis, there are many black-hearted people who will live alone according to the processing method of Angelica, and Angelica sinensis has the effect of replenishing blood and activating blood, regulating menstruation and relieving pain, and moistening the intestines. Duhuo has the effect of dispelling wind and dampness, clearing paralysis and relieving pain, and the two have different effects and cannot be mixed.

True Angelica sinensis contains grease and has the unique smell of lipid combustion, and true Angelica sinensis has a special bitter taste and false sweet taste.

Angelica has its special smell, you go to a regular pharmacy to take a look! There is also the composition of angelica with a head, a body, and a tail. A big head and a thick body are better!

Don't try to buy more than a dozen or twenty pounds of angelica at a small price. The price of Angelica is more than 30 yuan, and it is broken, and the whole big one costs 451 catties. Some people are greedy for cheap and bad selling, and they don't blame others for buying fakes.

1. Angelica has a large head and no shares at the head for the top grade; Angelica sinensis is less and coarse; If the angelica is hard when it is knocked up, it means that the volatile oil in it has been lost and has lost its medicinal value.

2. Sulfur-free angelica smells earthy mixed with the smell of Youlun medicine, which is very fragrant; Smoked angelica, on the other hand, smells very pungent and sour from sulfur.

3. Angelica sinensis is generally 10-20 cm long, the skin is yellow-brown to dark brown, the section is yellow-white or light yellow-brown, and the taproot is thick, full, oily, yellow-brown in the skin, yellow-white in the cross-section, and the smell is strong. If the cut surface or surface is already greenish-brown, it is damp and delicate, so do not use it.

1. Choose the type firstDon't choose angelica powder easily, it's best to choose the whole angelica, which has been ground into powder, ordinary people can't tell the good from the bad with the naked eye, and the powder is also easy to dope with impurities. If you want to choose angelica powder, it is best to go to a reputable one'Hospital pharmacy, or buy your own good angelica and beat it into powder.

2. Look at the part againAngelica can be divided into Angelica head, Angelica body, Angelica tail, and full Angelica. The efficacy and function of different parts are also different, Angelica head is mainly to invigorate blood, and Angelica head should be used more when it is necessary to promote blood circulation. The return to the body is mainly to replenish and nourish the blood, so the angelica body can be used for women's menstrual regulation and multi-purpose return.

The efficacy and function of Angelica tail is to break the blood, that is, to disperse blood stasis. The efficacy and function of Angelica sinensis is that it can both replenish and invigorate blood. Of course, doctors generally don't distinguish so much now, but generally go to the pharmacy to buy angelica to replenish blood, less may be more effective at the end, the easiest way is to have less whiskers, thick heads, and thick rhizomes.

3. Look at the color and smell the smellAngelica sinensis is generally 10-20 cm long, the skin is yellow-brown to dark brown, the section is yellow-white or light yellow-brown, and the taproot is thick and long, full, oily, yellow-brown skin, yellow-white section color, and strong odor is better. If the cut surface or surface is already greenish-brown, it is deteriorated by moisture, so do not use it. Angelica is good with more volatile oil, so the smell is strong.

In particular, some unscrupulous merchants boil the whole herbs such as angelica and gastrodia and then sell them or leave them moist for too long, so the volatile oil content of angelica is low, so the smell is strong.

4. Less impuritiesThe so-called less impurities is less dirt, dust and other things.