1. Characteristics of wild ginseng (raw and sun-dried ginseng)

1. Ginseng reed (rhizome): Wild ginseng has longer or equal lengths than its main body (tap root) and is smooth Such as the chopstick-shaped round reed (commonly known as wild goose neck reed). There are several or more reed bowls (stem marks) shaped like horse teeth or piles on the upper end of the round reed. They are arranged in order and can be clearly counted. It is also called two-jointed reed or two-jointed reed. Three-section reed.

2. Ginseng taro (adventitious root): Around the upper part of the round reed grows many thick taros shaped like jujube pits.

3. Main body (tap root): mostly herringbone-shaped, pimple-shaped, cross-sea-shaped, etc. (commonly known as Wu-shaped body), there are also a small number of long cylindrical shapes (commonly known as Wen-style), and their body diameter is generally about Between 1.5 and 3.5cm, the length is about 2 and 10cm. The overall color is grayish yellow and has a sense of spirituality.

4. Body pattern (shoulder pattern): There are multiple closely connected, orderly arranged, deep and fine annular horizontal lines (commonly known as iron line bucket pattern) on the upper end of the body. The total width of the web is generally below 1cm, and there are vertical stripes below the horizontal stripes.

5. Tentacles (roots): Naturally branched at the lower end of the main body. Generally, there are two uniform, slender, flexible long whiskers (several times longer than the main body), clear. Not messy, without fine hairs (commonly known as pimp whiskers), and with obvious pearl points (wart-like protrusions).

Any ginseng with the above five major characteristics is the best wild ginseng; there are also those with incomplete five shapes, but they must meet the three major characteristics of reeds, veins and whiskers to be wild ginseng.

2. Characteristics of Yishan ginseng ginseng

The types of Yishan ginseng are divided into Yishan ginseng, Zishan ginseng, Paoshan ginseng and craft ginseng. Although the species are different, their properties are roughly the same.

1. Ginseng reed (rhizome): short and thick, with larger reed bowls, mostly loosely arranged in several pieces, with shallow stem marks. There are also some short and thick turning reeds and neck reeds, and some More slender linear reeds or bamboo reeds.

2. Ginseng taro (adventitious root): many lateral roots, slender wicker shape, few garlic cloves, no jujube core-shaped taro, less lateral reeds and bamboo reeds. .

3. Main body (tap root): mostly thick, fat and long, obviously thicker and tenderer than wild ginseng, yellow-white in color, with few rhombuses.

4. Body pattern (shoulder pattern): There are a small number of them on the upper end of the main body, which are thick and shallow, mostly incoherent, with loose ring patterns and scattered patterns (running patterns).

5. Fibrils (branch roots): At the lower end of the main body, the main root has many unnatural branchings, and there are usually more than 2 to 3 branch roots. The fibrous roots are short and thick, and have many messy fine hairs. The pearl points (wart-like protrusions) on the whiskers are not obvious or absent, and the flexibility is poor and easy to break