Definition:

Platycodon gra.dciflorum is only 1 species, which is a perennial herb and milky white. The roots are stout and the epidermis is yellow-brown. The stems are erect, impeller-shaped, sometimes opposite or alternate, with peanuts at the top of the stems and branches; Corolla blue-purple, wide bell-shaped. The flowering period is August ~ l0 ~ September, and the fruiting period is August ~1October.

Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae is the dried and mature pericarp of Rutaceae citrus and its cultivated varieties. Medicinal materials are divided into "Chenpi" and "Guangpi". Picking ripe fruits, peeling, sun drying or low temperature drying.

Shape:

The roots of Platycodon grandiflorum are cylindrical or spindle-shaped, the lower part is conical, and some of them are branched, with a length of 6-20cm and a diameter of 1-2cm. The surface is yellow-white, slightly shiny, shriveled, with twisted longitudinal grooves, transverse lenticels and branch root marks, and sometimes unshaven yellow-brown or grayish-brown cork can be seen; The upper rhizome (reed head) is 0.5-4 cm long and about 65438 0 cm in diameter. There are half-moon stem marks, which are disc-shaped. Hard and brittle, easy to break, slightly uneven fracture, visible radial cracks, white skin, brown cambium, light yellow wood. Slight gas, slightly sweet and slightly bitter taste. It is best to have fat, white, rich and bitter roots.

Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae is often peeled into several petals, the petals are connected, and some of them are irregular, with a thickness of1~ 4 mm. The outer surface is orange-red or reddish-brown, with fine wrinkles and sunken punctate oil cavities. The inner surface is yellowish white and rough, with yellowish white or yellowish brown fibrous vascular bundles. The quality is slightly hard and fragile.

Picture:

The root of platycodon grandiflorum

Dried orange peel

4. Smell: Platycodon grandiflorum is light, pungent and bitter. Dried tangerine peel tastes fragrant, pungent and bitter.