As a Chinese herbal medicine, Panax notoginseng was called "Jinjiao" and "Nanshencao" in Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica in Ming Dynasty. In recent years, it is highly sought after by consumers because of its high health value.
Sanqi in the market is called Wenshan Sanqi.
Wenshan Prefecture in Yunnan Province is known as the best environment for planting Panax notoginseng because of its unique soil, climate and temperature conditions. Panax notoginseng has many growth links, from land selection, soil preparation, weeding, soil cultivation, watering, drainage, light adjustment, humidity adjustment and topdressing to pest control. , which requires a series of complex management processes. According to various data, the price of Panax notoginseng varies from 100 yuan to several hundred yuan per catty according to different grades. Take Sanqi specialty stores in major regions of Liaoning Province as an example, the prices of Sanqi in the same grade also vary greatly.
However, when the reporter visited the Shencheng Sanqi medicinal materials market, he found that all kinds of Sanqi were mixed, and the merchants selling Sanqi all claimed that their Sanqi was "Wenshan" Sanqi.
It's hard to tell true from false.
Mr. Wang, an insider, said that many businesses heard that the bigger the Sanqi, the better, so criminals used a number of small Sanqi and bumps to form a big Sanqi to cheat and deceive consumers.
Some merchants use plants with similar names and looks, such as "Tusanqi", "Shuisanqi" and "Fujisanqi", to pretend to be Sanqi. However, these "Sanqi" can't be eaten indiscriminately, and they have certain toxicity, especially after eating Sanqi, which will lead to organ damage. More businesses are shoddy, polishing and waxing "bad Sanqi" and "sick Sanqi", which are generally light in weight, with white or dark sections, and good Sanqi sections are yellow-green.