Identifying true and false Bupleurum

The price of Bupleurum bupleurum, also known as the price of hard bupleurum, is the root of the price of Bupleurum Bupleurum It is dug in spring and autumn every year After digging out the root, remove the stem, seedlings and soil, and dry them in the sun It's cold in nature, bitter in taste, enters the liver and gallbladder channels, and has the effect of reconciling the exterior and interior, soothing the liver and promoting the Yang It's used to treat cold and heat exchange, chest fullness and hypochondriac pain, mouth bitterness and deafness, headache and dizziness, malaria, Xiali anorectomy, irregular menstruation, uterine ptosis and other diseases In the market, the price of Bupleurum chinense is impersonated by the dried roots of the same plant, and attention should be paid to identification when using Price of authentic Bupleurum The appearance is cylindrical or long conical, the main root is straight or slightly curved, the lower part is divergent, the root head is swollen, it is pimple like, 6-20cm long, 6-15mm in diameter, the outer skin is grayish brown or grayish brown, there are longitudinal wrinkles, branch root marks and skin pores, the top has fine hair or hard residual stem; the quality is tough, not easy to break, the section is ligneous, yellow and white; the smell is slightly fragrant, and the taste is slightly bitter 。 The underground stem of faked firewood head is developed, with many branches and bundles The upper part is scattered and lignified, but it is easy to break The residue of the aboveground stem is obvious The root is single, cylindrical or conical in appearance, and sometimes it can be seen that it is branched, brown or grayish brown in appearance, and the thicker part is obviously wrinkled It is hard and easy to break It smells slightly and tastes slightly pungent Modern pharmacological research shows that the decoction of Bupleurum chinense has a better antipyretic effect; the content of Bupleurum chinense has the functions of sedation, analgesia, anti exudation and inhibiting the growth of granuloma; the injection has a strong inhibitory effect on influenza virus; a certain strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis; the decoction also has hemolytic effect, while the fake chaishou has the same price as Bupleurum chinense It is a plant of the same family, but it does not have all the effects of the price of bupleurum, so it can not be used instead of the price of Bupleurum Misuse of fake products will delay the treatment, so be careful to identify the true and false.