Method: The age of ginseng can be judged from the reeds, stalks, body, whiskers and pearl points of wild ginseng. There are reed bowls growing on the reeds of ginseng, usually one per year. The denser the reed bowls are, the longer the ginseng is. The reed head of wild ginseng is roughly divided into three sections, and the round reed at the bottom is a typical feature of wild ginseng. It takes more than 30 years of growth to show its shape. There are usually no ring patterns on the caudal part of ginseng. Only ginseng that is particularly old will develop lines on its crotch. Ginseng grows in harsh natural environments for decades or even hundreds of years. The older the skin on the ginseng body, the darker the color and the older the ginseng. The iron lines on the ginseng body are one of the special features of wild ginseng. They are shaped like iron wires, thin, dense and deep. The circles are opposite and not connected to each other. The denser the iron lines, the more ginseng will appear. The older you get. Ginseng whiskers are used by ginseng to absorb nutrients. The older the ginseng is, the rarer the ginseng whiskers. Therefore, the whiskers of old ginseng are simple and refreshing. When ginseng grows underground for decades, many ginseng tendons will rot and grow out. The rotten ginseng tendons will leave scars, which are pearl spots. Therefore, the more pearl spots there are, the older the ginseng is. )

The older the ginseng is, the higher its value. Wild ginseng weighing more than 50 grams will take decades to grow, and larger ones will take one to two hundred years. As the saying goes: seven taels is a ginseng. Eight liang is a treasure (referring to the old scale).

There are generally two ways to identify the age of ginseng. One is to look at the stems, leaves and fruits; the other is to look at the roots. However, using ginseng stems, leaves, and fruits to identify the age of ginseng is less reliable. Generally, ginseng roots are used to identify the age of ginseng. Ginseng roots are shaped like a human and are composed of reed head (head), taro (upper limbs), main root (hiding trunk), lateral roots (lower limbs), fibrous roots (feet), etc. The main root shape can be divided into straight body, rhombohedral body, and knotted rhomboid body. Among them, there are more straight body and less rhomboid body. The head, skin color, texture, etc. of the ginseng root can be used as a basis for identifying the age of the ginseng, but the size of the ginseng bowl shall prevail. Reed bowls are the scars left by the annual regeneration of ginseng's above-ground stems and leaves. If there are several reed bowls, it can be considered to be several years old. But this is also a relative term, because the reed bowls in the first three years of garden ginseng growth and the first few decades of mountain ginseng growth have often disappeared or are less obvious. This requires experience and comprehensive conditions to identify the age of ginseng. Experience has proven that ginseng that is no more than a hundred years old will not become round. Generally, if the ginseng excavated is round and long, and there are dozens of reed bowls, then the ginseng must be more than a hundred years old.

Ginseng is round and long like a reed, has old yellow skin, fine lines, beautiful body, whip strips and whiskers, and many pearl knots. It must be a rare treasure that has been around for more than a hundred years.