How to choose Tianma?

Gastrodia elata is a common plant in our lives. It is also a medicinal material that can treat many diseases. However, many people do not know how to choose Gastrodia elata. Today I will briefly introduce to you how to choose Gastrodia elata, hoping to help you understand this knowledge. If you need it, come and take a look with me!

Choose the appearance

Looking at the two ends of Gastrodia elata, there are reddish-brown dry buds at the top (commonly known as "parrot's beak" or "little red petals"); there are round scars at the bottom (the scars from the shedding of the mother Gastrodia elata), traces of links, depressions at the nodes, and remnants of degenerated rootlets, commonly known as "belly buttons".

The shape is long oval, flat and slightly curved, with irregular and delicate wrinkles, commonly known as "chicken wrinkled skin"

Pick the flavor

Gastrodia elata has a special smell, commonly known as "horse urine smell". It is not easy to become mushy when steamed or boiled, does not stick to the teeth when chewed, and has a crisp feeling. It tastes sweet and slightly spicy.

Select texture and section

It is large in size, with fine wrinkled skin, solid inside, heavy, and feels heavy in the hand. It is translucent, hard in texture, and not easy to break. Once it breaks, the cross section is flat and waxy.

False Gastrodia

False Gastrodia elata is impersonated by Mirabilis jalapa root, dried potato, Dahlia chrysanthemum root, etc. They generally have no special smell, are powdery in cross section, and feel sticky or not crispy when chewed. With careful observation, it is not difficult to distinguish the authenticity.

How to choose Gastrodia elata? The above article has introduced to us in detail the method of selecting Gastrodia elata. I believe everyone should understand it now. I hope everyone can remember the above method. When choosing Gastrodia elata, you should make more comparisons so that you can pick out the Gastrodia elata with better quality.