1. Taste comparison: There are three types of Fritillary fritillary recorded in the 2005 edition of the "Chinese Pharmacopoeia", namely pine shell, green shell and furnace shell. See picture. Authentic Fritillariae, as long as it is of the above three types, is off-white, powdery, slightly bitter (chewing the Fritillaria into pieces and swallowing, there will be a bitter taste at the base of the tongue), and no sour taste.

Fake products are substituted with other caladiums from the same family. Such as Fritillary fritillary, Fritillary fritillary, Fritillary fritillary, Fritillary fritillary, etc. When these fritillaries are sold as Fritillaria fritillaris, most of them are processed, usually fumigated with sulfur. Fritillaria fumigated with sulfur are mostly white or yellow-white in appearance and bitter and sour in taste.

2. Price comparison: Due to the large usage, supply is now in short supply on the market. The price of Fritillaria fritillaris has been rising year after year. The current retail price is about 1.5-2 yuan per gram. No matter where you buy it, if If the price is less than 1 yuan per gram, it cannot be genuine.

3. Judging from the appearance, first of all, the genuine Fritillaria fritillaris is quasi-conical or nearly spherical. The outer scale leaves have two lobes, which are very different in size. The large lobes hug the small lobes, and the unembraced part is crescent-shaped. Shape, commonly known as "holding the moon in the arms", with a closed top and a flat bottom, while the counterfeit product has an irregular conical shape with a longitudinal groove on one side, a scale leaf on the outer layer, a tapered top, and an umbilical concave bottom. .

Secondly, the genuine Fritillaria fritillaris is white or off-white, while the counterfeit ones are yellow-white or yellow-brown.

Thirdly, the genuine quality is hard and brittle, and the cross section is white and powdery, while the fake quality is hard and not easily broken, and the cross section is off-white or yellow-white, horny or slightly powdery. Fourth, the genuine product has a slight qi and a slightly bitter taste, while the counterfeit product has a weak qi, a bitter and slightly numb taste.

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