Is there a fake Sanqi, how does Sanqi see the real or fake

You may not have heard of notoginseng, but you must have eaten notoginseng. Panax notoginseng, also known as notoginseng, is the main ingredient of precious Chinese patent medicine and tonics. The main ingredient of Panax notoginseng tablets is Panax notoginseng, which has the effect of dispersing stasis and stopping bleeding, reducing swelling and relieving pain.

In the huge drug market, it is inevitable that there will be counterfeit and shoddy products mixed into it. Good drugs can ensure good efficacy, and consumers must have one or two tricks to distinguish fake tricks to protect themselves.

Please check whether you meet three of the above 6 points at the same time, and if so, you need to keep an eye on it

1.Information about this medicine is not obtained through a doctor or pharmacist.

2.This medicine is not purchased in a regular hospital or pharmacy.

3.This medicine is recommended without examination.

4.The medicine was only available from the designated person and was not met with the person.

5.There is no approval number that can be queried for this drug, and the drug approval number has the word "drug".

6.**Sellers of this medicine sell only one or a handful"Medicines"

If you meet the above 3 points, don't panic, we can also use the following methods to confirm. If you have a drug approval number, go to the Food and Drug Administration** query, there is a "drug (including packaging materials)" query in the middle of the right side of the home page, click to enter the query, you must choose to fill in the approval number and the name of the manufacturer, to see whether it is consistent with the drug packaging, including the production address, inconsistent is a fake drug, and the consistency may be a real drug.

After the inquiry, search for the name of the company, you may search for the company, the big companies generally have their own, the small ones do not, first say that there is a company, there are products on the display, find your medicine, carefully compare the packaging of the product and the drug in your hand, to see if there is any difference, the same, it is generally a real drug.

Of course there is, so there must be a purchase experience.

The shape of the false notoginseng is large, oval-shaped, and the color is mostly brown or dark brown. If the fake notoginseng you buy is vine notoginseng, its color is mostly gray-brown. If the fake notoginseng you buy is curcuma, it has a bitter taste and a spicy taste.

The fake notoginseng on the market is mostly processed with paraffin wax and other products, so the texture of the fake notoginseng is smooth and the color is brighter.

False notoginseng is oval in shape, large in size, brown or dark brown in color, and has a bitter taste. Because of the processing of paraffin wax and other products, the surface color is brighter and the texture is smooth. Moreover, the taste of false notoginseng is bitter, and some have a spicy taste.

Plants such as notoginseng or curcuma are commonly used on the market to confuse the real with fake, and buyers must carefully screen them.

Panax notoginseng is a vine plant, containing vitamins and flavonoids, its rhizome is relatively stout, and the size of the shape is not particularly large, and it is easy to be confused. The color of the rhizome is gray-brown, and most of them grow in a spiral shape, with spiral circles and lines on the epidermis. The color of Panax notoginseng is mostly dark yellow, with protrusions on the outer skin, as well as wrinkles and lines in the cortex.

Curcuma is a herbaceous plant, and the rhizome can be used as medicine. Curcuma is very easy to judge in appearance, its body shape is on the long side, about 40 centimeters, while Panax notoginseng is only about 5 centimeters. The taste of curcuma is also different from that of notoginseng, which is bitter with a spicy taste, similar to ginger spicy, while notoginseng has a slightly bitter taste, followed by a faint sweetness.

True notoginseng is inverted cone-shaped, dark yellow in color, about 5 cm each, the root is full, there are lines on the outside, after cutting, the inside is yellow-green, there are obvious lines, the taste is bitter, and then there will be a little sweetness. The better true notoginseng is mostly small in size, rough on the surface, the roots are relatively full, easy to break, and the true notoginseng powder also has hemolytic effect.

<> to identify the authenticity of Panax notoginseng, you can grind it into powder, and then put it into pig blood, you can find that pig blood will turn into water, which is mainly because the saponin contained in Panax notoginseng plays a hemolytic role. Identifying the authenticity of Panax notoginseng can also be distinguished from the appearance and taste, the color of the real Panax notoginseng is earthy, there is a rough feeling, there will be a slightly bitter taste when chewing, no spicy taste, and it is not easy to break.

1. How to see the truth and falsehood

1. The common identification of Panax notoginseng on the market, with a sentence to summarize the identification essentials as "copper skin iron bone lion head chrysanthemum heart", copper skin refers to gray-brown or gray-yellow skin, the traditional Panax notoginseng processing is not washed, the appearance of Panax notoginseng will be soil, and after drying, it is the color of soil; "Iron bone" refers to the hard texture that is difficult to break, that is to say, if you smash the sun-dried Sanqi head on the ground, not only will it not break, but there will also be a crisp sound; "Lion's head" refers to the nodulous protrusions at the tip and around it, and "chrysanthemum heart" is a radial texture that describes the cross-section, and the color is gray-green, gray-white or yellow-green.

2. You can also grind Panax notoginseng into powder and then put it into pig blood, you can see that the pig blood will turn into water, which is mainly because the saponin components contained in Panax notoginseng play a role in hemolysis. It can also be distinguished from the appearance and taste, the color of the real Panax notoginseng is earthy, there is a rough feeling, there will be a slightly bitter taste when chewing, no spicy taste, and it is not easy to break.

2. Morphological characteristics of Panax notoginseng

1. Panax notoginseng is an erect herbaceous plant of the family Pentaceae and Panax ginseng, which is up to 60 cm high, the stem is dark green, the finger-like compound leaves, the top of the stem is whorls, the main root is fleshy, spindle-shaped, the petiole is striped, the leaves are membranous, and the umbel-shaped inflorescence is solitary at the top of the stem, with about 100 flowers.

2. Most of the bracts are clustered at the base of the peduncle, the total peduncle is striped, ovate-lanceolate, the calyx is cup-shaped, slightly flattened, the filaments are equal to the petals, the peduncle is slender, the small bracts are numerous, the flowers are small, pale yellow-green, the ovary is lower, and the fruit is oblate and globular kidney-shaped.

3. The seeds are white, triangular ovate, and their roots are used as medicine, and their nature is warm and pungent in taste.

If there is no professional identification technology, you can use nose smell, mouth taste, and common substances for simple identification.

The real Panax notoginseng is the dried root of the Panax notoginseng plant, which is round or cylindrical, 2-5 cm long, 1-4 cm in diameter, with stem marks at the upper end, nodulous protrusions around it, smooth surface, gray-brown or yellow, intermittent longitudinal wrinkles and root marks. The weight is firm, and the skin and wood are often separated after crushing. Cross-section greyish-green, yellowish-green, or off-white, with fine brown resin tract spots on the skin.

The smell is slightly bitter and then slightly sweet.

The genuine product smells similar to ginseng, and tastes bitter first and then sweet. It is already powdered, you can take an appropriate amount of medicinal powder and soak it in water for dozens of minutes, and then shake it vigorously to produce a persistent foam, and it will not disappear for 10 minutes.

Panax notoginseng powder is put into a small amount of animal blood, which can turn the blood into water, which is the hemolytic effect of the saponin components contained in Panax notoginseng, and there is no change in the counterfeit product.