How much is Bupleurum per pound

The efficacy and function of Bupleurum Root are very high, and it is a common antipyretic medicine. Also known as ground smoked grass, mountain vegetable, mushroom grass, and firewood grass. Poria cocos has a bitter effect and produces cold. It enters the liver and liver and gallbladder meridians. It has the effects of regulating the exterior, soothing the liver, regulating qi, and generating yang. How much does a pound of Bupleurum, which has such powerful effects, cost?

1. There are many varieties of Bupleurum, and their origins and prices are different, but they are not likely to be very different.

In the place of production, the price of Bupleurum is generally around 95 to 100 yuan per catty, which is of good quality; the quality of home-grown Bupleurum produced in Gansu Province varies, and the price ranges from 40 to 60 yuan; the price of the product with stems is around 50 yuan. However, it is recommended that friends who want to buy Bupleurum should go to the place of origin in person if possible, or have a friend in the place of origin to ask him to buy it, so that they don’t have to worry about being cheated.

2. Let me introduce to you how to buy Bupleurum. There are some differences between different types of Bupleurum.

Characteristics of Bupleurum chinense: cylindrical or long conical, 6 to 15 cm long, 0.3 to 0.8 cm in diameter. The root head is swollen, with 3 to 15 stem bases or short fibrous leaf bases remaining on the top, and branches growing below. The surface is dark brown or light coffee color, with longitudinal wrinkles, rootlet marks and lenticels. It is hard and tough, not easy to break, with blocky fibrous texture in cross section, light brown in the bark and yellowish white in the wood. It has a slight fragrance and tastes a bit bitter.

Characteristics of Southern Bupleurum: The roots are relatively thin and conical, with a large amount of fine hair-like dead branch fibers on the top, and few or no branches below. The surface is reddish brown or dark brown, with many inseparable ring patterns near the root. It is slightly soft, easy to break, with a slightly flat cross-section and no obvious chemical fiber properties. Failed gas.

Characteristics of pointed-leaf Bupleurum: The leaves are relatively wide, long ring-shaped or broadly lanceolate, and the umbels are thin and floc-like. 3-4 times longer than the involucre. Growing in forest water heaters and bushes.

Characteristics of Changbai Bupleurum: The leaves are relatively wide, long ring-shaped or broadly lanceolate, and the umbels and bracteoles are basically the same length. It grows in oak forests, thickets, rocky outcrops and sandy land on embankments.

Characteristics of Bupleurum chinense: The leaves are narrow, linear or lanceolate, and the bracts are smaller than the pedicels. Born in riverbeds and forest water heaters.