Wild ginseng in Changbai Mountain is a rare treasure in ginseng family and a very precious medicinal material. The price of pure wild ginseng in Changbai Mountain ranges from several hundred yuan to several thousand yuan per gram, and tens of thousands of yuan for more than ten grams. The price per kilogram of garden ginseng and sun-dried ginseng is much lower, ranging from100 to 200 yuan/kg, and the difference is nearly 100 times. Because the wild ginseng in Changbai Mountain grows naturally in the deep forest, the growth period ranges from several decades to more than one hundred years, and the output is extremely rare and expensive. Among ginseng, only wild ginseng is the most precious. To identify the authenticity of wild ginseng in Changbai Mountain, we should not only see the "five shapes" clearly, but also identify the "six bodies";

1. Five shapes refer to beard, reed, skin, grain and body.

(1) beard: long and thin, long and long, with millet-like papules, called "pearl spots". Those white and tender (commonly known as water beard) are not pure wild ginseng;

(2) Reed: The reed is long, with two reeds, three reeds, linear reeds and wild-neck reeds. Double-section reeds-horse-tooth reeds and round reeds. Three-section reeds-there are horse teeth reeds, round reeds and piled reeds. The so-called horse tooth reed is characterized by obvious stem marks on the rhizome, which are shaped like horse teeth and mostly on the upper part of the rhizome. The so-called round reed. It is a stem mark on the rhizome, which grows flat and cylindrical with age. The so-called wild goose neck reed is slender and slightly curved, like a wild goose neck. The so-called linear reed is because it is very old, the reed bowl on the rhizome is long and flat, and the rhizome is thin and long;

(3) Leather: old leather, yellow-brown, dense and shiny. Those who are tender and white are not pure ginseng;

(4) Transverse stripes: there are thin and deep spiral transverse stripes at the upper shoulder of the hair root. Those with rough stripes, rough surface and discontinuity are not pure ginseng;

(5) Body: refers to the hair roots.

2. Six bodies refer to spirit, stupidity, old age, tenderness, horizontal and smooth.

(1) Ling: refers to ginseng with exquisite figure, beautiful appearance, obviously separable body and legs, multiple legs and large bifurcation angle. According to the shape, it can be divided into "water chestnut body" and "lump body";

(2) Stupidity: refers to ginseng's straight root shape, clumsy and ugly posture, even if it has two legs, the thickness or length of the two are asymmetrical;

(3) Old: Ginseng skin is old, its color is yellow and brown, and its horizontal stripes are thin and tight. Those who are tender and white are not pure ginseng;

(4) Tenderness: if the epidermis is tender and white, the horizontal stripes are rough and shallow, the fibrous roots are tender and crisp, and the white is easy to break, it is not pure ginseng;

(5) Cross ginseng: refers to ginseng with thick and short roots and lateral legs, mostly wild ginseng;

(6) Shun: refers to ginseng whose roots are smooth and straight, and one leg or two legs are close together, and most of them are not wild ginseng.