Speaking of ginseng, I believe everyone is familiar with it. Since ancient times, it has been called the king of hundred herbs, mainly the root of Panax ginseng in Araliaceae. Ginseng is mainly divided into two categories, one is wild ginseng and the other is garden ginseng. Wild ginseng is a kind of ginseng that grows in the wild. The yield of wild ginseng is extremely scarce and expensive. The price of wild ginseng is evaluated by individual products in the market, and its integrity is one of the basis for examining and approving the price. Because wild ginseng is rare, there are many fake wild ginseng on the market, and unscrupulous merchants use it to plan their interests. So how should we identify wild ginseng? Mom. Com Encyclopedia will give you some advice and teach you to choose good wild ginseng.

The basic identification method of wild ginseng is to look at "five shapes" and "six bodies", as follows:

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

Beard: a long, long, thin, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, thin, small, small. Those white and tender (commonly known as water beard) are not pure wild ginseng.

Reed: The reed is long and can be divided into two reeds, three reeds, linear reeds and wild-neck reeds. Double-section reeds-horse-tooth reeds and round reeds. Three-section reeds-horse-tooth reeds, round reeds and pile 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 is that the stem marks on the roots become longer and flatter with age, and the shape is like a cylinder. 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.

Leather: Old leather, yellow-brown, compact and shiny. Those white ones are not pure ginseng.

Transverse stripes: there are thin and deep spiral transverse stripes on the shoulder of the hair root. Rough stripes, rough surface and incoherent, not pure ginseng.

Body: refers to the hair root (see six bodies).

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

Six-body refers to spirit, stupidity, old age, tenderness, horizontal and smooth.

Ling: refers to ginseng with exquisite posture, beautiful appearance, distinct body and legs, many legs and large bifurcation angle. According to the shape, it can be divided into "water chestnut body" and "pimple body"

Stupid: refers to ginseng with straight roots, awkward posture and unsightly appearance. Even if it has two legs, the thickness or length of the two are asymmetrical.

Old: Ginseng skin is old, yellow and brown in color, thin and strong in horizontal stripes. Those white ones are not pure ginseng.

Tender: the skin is tender and white, the horizontal stripes are shallow, and the fibrous roots are tender, crisp, white and easily broken, not pure ginseng.

Transverse ginseng: refers to ginseng with thick and short roots and legs extending to the side, mostly wild ginseng.