Changbaishan ginseng is a valuable Chinese medicine, but also a good nourishment, modern people attach importance to health, eat some ginseng to health is very common, then how much does Changbaishan ginseng cost a catty?
Generally speaking, Changbaishan ginseng is divided into many kinds, can not be generalized to say how much money a catty, wild ginseng and planted forest ginseng, garden ginseng is certainly not the same price, the general price of wild ginseng is more expensive, forest ginseng is the second, garden ginseng is cheaper. Changbai Mountain wild ginseng, its price varies according to the size, year, etc., in a few thousand dollars to hundreds of thousands of dollars a catty; forest ginseng price involves the age of the ginseng, quality, color and other factors, it is difficult to specific pricing; garden ginseng is a lot simpler, generally in the fifty or sixty to two or three hundred dollars a catty, etc..
Note: The above information comes from the Internet, the price is for reference only.
Second, how to pick Changbaishan ginseng
There are many kinds of Changbaishan ginseng, there are wild and artificial planting, there is not a small difference in quality, many friends do not know how to pick Changbaishan ginseng, the following is introduced to you to select a few standards:
1, look at the degree of dryness
Everyone in the drugstore, shopping malls in the Changbaishan ginseng are relatively dry, and the ginseng is very dry, and it's not a good choice. Ginseng is dry, dry can keep the nutrients of ginseng is not lost, so when you choose Changbaishan ginseng must look at its dryness. If the texture looks tender, the dryness is not enough. If there are more wrinkles and the skin looks older, the dryness is better.
2, look at the texture
Good Changbaishan ginseng can not be broken by breaking, pinching and other ways. On the contrary, if it breaks with a gentle pinch or is easily broken, such ginseng tends to have a shorter growth cycle and is not rich in nutritional value.
3, look at the appearance
General high-quality Changbaishan ginseng, the main root is relatively thick, and the length is slightly longer, each ginseng will have the lower section of the branch-like forked roots, but such a forked root will not be very long, and too long should not be chosen.
4, look at the packaging
In the purchase of Changbaishan ginseng, we should pay attention to the production batch number and other information on the packaging is complete, whether the packaging is closed, closed packaging to avoid ginseng contact with the outside world, mold or deterioration and so on.
Three, how to identify wild ginseng
Changbai Mountain ginseng, wild ginseng value is relatively high, so there are some unscrupulous traders with artificial cultivation of ginseng or ginseng to pretend to be wild ginseng, to identify the wild ginseng, then, the main look at the five forms of the six bodies:
1, the five shapes
(1) whisker: a long strip of whiskers, the old, tough, sparse and long, which is adorned with a small millet-like bumps, called the so-called millet grain. The small pimples are called "pearl points". The white color and tender and brittle (commonly known as water beard), is not pure wild ginseng.
(2) Reed: Reed is longer and is divided into two-section reed, three-section reed, line reed and goose neck reed. The two-jointed reed has horse teeth and round reed. Three-section reed has horse teeth reed, round reed and pile flower reed. The so-called horse teeth reed, is the rhizome on the stem marks obvious, shaped like horse teeth, mostly in the upper part of the rhizome. The so-called round reed, is the rhizome of the stem marks due to the long years and long flat, shaped like a cylinder. The so-called wild goose neck reed, is the rootstock slender, slightly curved, such as wild goose neck. The so-called line reed, is due to the long years, the root stem on the bowl of reed long flat, the root stem and thin and long.
(3) skin: old skin, yellow-brown, dense texture and glossy. If the skin is tender and white, it is not pure mountain ginseng.
(4) Stripes: at the shoulder head of the upper end of the hairy root, there are fine and deep screw-like horizontal stripes. If the horizontal lines are rough, shallow and incoherent, it is not pure ginseng.
(5) Body: refers to the hairy root (see six bodies).
2, six bodies
(1) Spirit: ginseng is delicate and good-looking, the body and legs can be obviously divided, and the legs are two and the angle of bifurcation is large. According to the form, it is divided into "diamond angle body" and "pimple body".
(2) Stupid: ginseng root shape is straight, the body is clumsy and unattractive, even if there are two legs, the two thickness or length is not proportional.
(3) Old: ginseng skin is old, yellow-brown in color, with fine and strong horizontal lines. Those with tender skin and white color are not pure ginseng.
(4) Tender: the skin is tender and white, with rough and shallow horizontal lines. If the roots are tender and brittle, white in color and easy to break, it is not pure ginseng.
(5) Horizontal: ginseng root is thick and short, and the two legs are more extended to the side, which is mostly wild ginseng.
(6) Shun: ginseng root is smooth and straight, and those with one leg or both legs together are not wild ginseng.
(6) Shun: the root of ginseng is smooth and straight.