How to identify true and false American ginseng?

American ginseng, also known as ginseng, is native to the United States. Later, Canada and other countries also produced. At present, domestically introduced American ginseng has also been supplied to the market, known as ginseng or homemade ginseng.

Senate nourishing effect, wide application, widely welcomed by people, but because of its high price, some illegal elements are sold as ginseng as American ginseng. Although both belong to the same genus, their functions are different: American ginseng is cool, sweet, and bitter, it can nourish the lungs and reduce the fire, raise the stomach and produce fluid. The ginseng is warm, sweet, and bitter, and can make up for the vitality. Strengthen your mind and calm yourselves. What's more, some people have used fake small white puppets to make American ginseng to make huge profits. White peony has the effect of removing dampness, dampness, swelling and pain, and no effect of American ginseng. If people are deceived, not only will Economy E suffer losses, it may also delay the disease. Should learn to distinguish true and false American ginseng.

The identification of the authenticity of American ginseng is mainly determined by the features of appearance, color, texture, section and odor.

Imported American ginseng Cylindrical or spindle-shaped, reptile-free, fibrous roots, and branching roots. Surface yellow or almost white, peeler is white, with powder, the body has a horizontal invagination fine ring pattern, narrow-line transverse lenticels and many irregular longitudinal wrinkles, the top ring more dense, darker colors. Hard, light and hard to break. The section is flat, yellowish-white, with no cracks and radiating patterns, as well as a distinct brown-yellow layered loop, with yellow-brown resin channels scattered over the skin. Gas micro-aromatic, bitter sweet, sticky, with mouth can Sheng Jin

The main root of domestic American ginseng is cylindrical, often with reed head, no branch but root. The surface is light yellow-brown or yellow with delicate skin. The upper part has dense transverse rings and lines. The whole body has longitudinal wrinkles. It also has horizontally elongated puncture-like suppository scars, which are generally slender and slightly uplifted. Hard, weight, cross-section was pale yellow and white, the formation of a deep layer ring pattern, and scattered most of the red-brown dots, radial texture is obvious. The gas is slightly fragrant, slightly bitter, and sweet. The generally good-quality American ginseng should have the characteristics of uniform, hard, light body, tight horizontal and horizontal rings on the surface, rich fragrance and rich flavor.

The ginseng pseudoginseng American ginseng is similar in appearance to the authentic American ginseng, but its surface is grayish yellow or yellow-white, with shallow horizontal and horizontal lines, deep longitudinal wrinkles, and brownish-yellow rims. Sweet and bitter. A small number of pseudo-American ginseng with reed heads can be seen in the longer reed heads, and American ginseng pseudotyped with fibrous or scale-like white quingues is also similar to the genuine American ginseng, being cylindrical or spindle-shaped, with a yellowish-white or brown-yellow surface, and a horizontal stripes. With fine vertical stripes, laterally protruding verrucous lenticels are particularly evident. Hard texture, light weight, white face, powdery, small wood, accounting for 1/3 of the cross-sectional area, and scattered yellow-brown oil spots. The gas is slightly fragrant, bitter and pungent.