Bubble is the Chinese medicine known true and false

Source: 2013-09-20 life times

        On the market, the good and evil people mixed up of TCM varieties, doping of fraud phenomenon emerge in endlessly, especially valuable Chinese herbal medicine, because are profitable, the use of technology processing and pretend to be, that some Chinese traditional medicine just hard to distinguish from the appearance. After water test is based on some traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in water can produce relatively obvious change, so as to identify its authenticity. If there are traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in the home, in the water soak for a period of time, that is true or false.

        Boat-fruited sterculia. Into the hot water, spongy, stigmas can reach 8 times the size of the original, fake boat-fruited sterculia into the water expansion rate is slow, inflation can only up to 2 times the size of the original.

        Wood. After debris into the hot water, water red. False and inferior product is wood dyeing, soak in hot water, the water is light yellow, yellow, orange yellow.

        Saffron. Into the water, yellow water, do not show red, no precipitation, stigma (located at the top of the pistil) expansion are trumpet-shaped, no oily floater. If the water head in bars or filiform, may for the production of lily flower; If mixed with fine sand, starch, vegetable oil, etc., there will be precipitation, oily floater.

        The qin dynasty. Placed in a transparent water glass cup, water can appear blue fluorescence in sunlight, counterfeit qin leather is made from the bark, water immersion no fluorescence.

        Bezoar. Into clean water, bibulous become damp, but not deformation, not dissolve, nondiscolouring, not cloudy. Add a few water, knead, with polish on the nail, nails can be dyed yellow, commonly known as "GuaJia". Fake bezoar multi-purpose rhizoma coptidis, radix et rhizoma rhei and turmeric, egg yolk powder, or potato plant pigment forgery, dissolve into the water quickly, crushing, dye, turbid water.

        Toad venom. Touch surface of quality goods or section water, can quickly radiant with milky white liquid and uplift. Mixed beggars touch water, also radiant with milky white liquid, the liquid develops slowly, and not uplift.

        Gelatin. Gelatin put boiling water dissolve, solution is brownish red, lower level no precipitation, clear and not muddy. Fake donkey-hide gelatin for miscellaneous hide glue, water solution is tan, there will be a big knot, sink, residue appear.

(from August 26, the medical health care, 4)