The price of dried tangerine peel is not low, so do you know how to distinguish between true and false dried tangerine peel?

Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae is a traditional Chinese medicine, which can be made into dried and mature pericarp. With the price of dried tangerine peel getting higher and higher, many black-hearted merchants use fake dried tangerine peel or poor quality dried tangerine peel to make it inferior by some chemical means.

In order not to be deceived by black-hearted businessmen, I will tell you in detail how to distinguish the authenticity of dried tangerine peel.

1, look at the color.

The difference between old and new dried tangerine peel: the inner capsule of dried tangerine peel with shorter years is yellow or snow white, and the surface is bright red or dark red. And pig whiskers. The inner capsule of old tangerine peel will naturally peel off due to weathering, and the surface is brown or black, and the pig beard pattern is more obvious.

Fake old tangerine peel: the color is different, the inner capsule is smooth and has no sense of shedding, and the pig beard pattern is different and unnatural.

2. Look at the oil room.

Old and new dried tangerine peel: Looking at the surface of dried tangerine peel, you can see that the surface presents a uniform, orderly and consistent oil chamber.

Other dried tangerine peel: oil spots are unevenly distributed, with small quantity and uneven size.

3. Soak in water to see the color of the soup.

Old and new dried tangerine peel: the new dried tangerine peel will appear bluish yellow or cyan after soaking in water, and the old dried tangerine peel will appear yellow red or red. Tea soup is naturally bright and fragrant.

Fake tangerine peel: the color will be lighter, and even a deep red similar to Pu 'er tea will appear, and it will be pungent.

4. The taste of dried tangerine peel itself.

Old and new dried tangerine peel: rich and natural, fresh and elegant.

Fake dried tangerine peel: it has a faint taste, even no smell, or it can smell a chemical.

5, feel.

Old and new dried tangerines: The older the dried tangerines, the shorter they will become, the lighter, harder and more brittle they will become, but they will not be broken for no reason.

Fake tangerine peel: hard skin, heavy weight, easy to break, and it will break when touched.

Step 6 use nail epidermis

Old and new dried tangerine peel: Scraping the surface of dried tangerine peel with nails will make it shiny, and the luster will become less and less obvious as time goes by.

Fake dried tangerine peel: Scraping the surface of dried tangerine peel with nails will not have a shiny appearance, which is extremely unnatural.

7. Taste it

Old and new dried tangerine peel: break off a piece of dried tangerine peel that has been chewed in your mouth for a short time, and the taste is slightly bitter, sour and astringent; Old tangerine peel tastes sweet and mellow.

Fake dried tangerine peel: bitter, sour and astringent.

The above is the difference between new, old and fake dried tangerines. I hope everyone can buy dried tangerines with better quality.