Great Village Chief Cultivation System

Chapter 208

Hua Liang sneered, and pulled Hua Zixin straight away. He couldn't have imagined that the market for medicinal materials is so deep that almost nine out of ten of the more expensive medicinal materials are counterfeit.

He looked coldly at the dozens of snakeskin bags behind the middle-aged man, and after thinking about what he said, it was obvious that this man was a veteran, and it was not just a day or two in this business.

"Mr. Hua, what are you talking about? How is this possible? Many of the medicines in the medicinal materials market are fake?" Li Tiancai was very surprised. These medicines are all used to treat people. Selling fake medicines is an unreasonable thing. , But at the critical moment, people are going to die, and they are so blatantly selling fake medicines?
Hua Liang shook his head and said, "Why is this impossible? I used to encounter this kind of thing when I was in Yanjing. I didn't expect it to be the same in all parts of the country. No wonder our Chinese Medicine Association has fallen to this point."

Seeing Hua Liang's expression was unusually lonely, Hua Zixin took Hua Liang's arm and said softly, "Grandpa, the prosperity of the world is for profit, and the world's hustle and bustle is for profit. The world is like this, and there is nothing we can do about it!"

Hua Liang smiled and said, "Girl, your grandpa has lived most of his life, what things have you never seen, and what things don't you care about? Alright, let's walk around and look around, just treat it as a trip to Taobao to find leaks!"

Hua Liang then went to several fixed booths to inquire about it, and almost all the medicinal materials sold were half-truths and half-fake, especially the rare and expensive medicinal materials where it was difficult to find real products.

As Hua Liang walked, he educated the two on the science of medicinal materials: "The most common way to counterfeit traditional Chinese medicines is to use some cheap medicinal materials or other items to replace real medicines, or to use some means to create products that look similar to medicinal materials and are almost indistinguishable. counterfeit medicine.

Chinese medicine is a unique resource of our country, especially the natural Chinese medicinal materials are very valuable, and the growth area is relatively fixed. In the whole country, only the Yushu area of ​​Qinghai-Tibet and Haiqing, and the Ganzi area of ​​​​Tianfu can grow Cordyceps sinensis.

More than 90% of the Cordyceps sinensis circulating in the market are fakes.Because the number of Cordyceps is gradually shrinking and the hype is hot, now 1 kg of genuine Cordyceps can be sold for 60 yuan.

The more expensive Chinese medicinal materials such as Gastrodia elata can be replaced by mochi or potatoes; antler powder, pig blood powder, egg white and other substances are used to wrap mouse skin, sheep skin, deer skin, etc. to fake velvet antler.

In particular, ginseng can be directly replaced by radish for coloring. Anything that looks similar to some Chinese medicinal materials can be used to make fake medicines.

In addition to the counterfeiting of precious Chinese herbal medicines, there are actually many conventional Chinese herbal medicines that are also counterfeited.For example, there are many adulterants of Tongcao, and it is very rare to buy pure ones. The price of pure products is about 45 yuan per kilogram.Adulteration often uses alum and aggravated powder, and the texture of the fake ginseng is hard, and the taste is either astringent or tasteless.

Shouwu is cut into small cubes, mostly sweet potatoes are cut into cubes and processed.

Baifu Pian, processed by adulterers from sweet potatoes or potatoes into similar-shaped slices, dried, smoked and blanched. ...

Such fake medicines are flooding the market, and most consumers and purchasers are unable to fully identify them. Many pharmacy operators even purchase fake medicines for profit, and sell these cheap fake medicines to patients. It's normal to be sick! "

Hua Liang talked about dozens of common counterfeiting and identification methods of Chinese herbal medicines in one breath. Hearing this, Li Tiancai and Hua Zixin were terrified. They never thought that the Chinese herbal medicine market would have such a dark side.

"Okay, what a profit, those who sell fake drugs really deserve to die!" Li Tiancai became angrier the more he listened, and cursed out of righteous indignation.

These people are too greedy and unscrupulous. They don't care about the life and death of others. They will do anything to make money and make fake medicines. Why is there no one to take care of this matter?

Hua Liang sighed and said, "There is a huge network of interests, which cannot be explained clearly in a few words."

After walking a long circle in the dullness, Li Tiancai took out his mobile phone to look at it, and then said to Hua Liang and Hua Zixin: "Hey, it's already noon, let's find a place to settle our food and clothing first, and talk about other things slowly !"

Hua Liang waved his hands and said, "Don't worry! Let's go to the big drug store in front. If there are also counterfeit products running rampant there, there is no need to continue wandering around here."

Afterwards, Li Tiancai came to the largest pharmacy in the center of the market: Anming Pharmacy.

The three of them had just walked into the store and watched for a while, when a fat man who looked like a boss put down his teacup and walked over with a smile: "Welcome, welcome! What medicinal materials are you going to buy?"

Hua Liang nodded and said, "Let's take a look first. We walked around the market just now and found that there are quite a lot of counterfeit medicines!"

After hearing this, Wu Yijian laughed and said, "Once I heard what the old man said, I knew that you must be a master in the field, with extraordinary eyesight! Please don't worry, old man, my family has been practicing medicine for decades, and I have always been innocent. We will never shoddy or confuse fakes with real ones.”

The corner of Hua Liang's mouth curled up, showing a playful smile: "That's good, boss, you don't need to be polite, let's go around first, and we will naturally know whether it is true or not. I can only trust my eyes now!"

Knowing that he had met a master, Wu Yijian smiled awkwardly, stopped boasting, and arched his hands towards Hua Liang: "That's all right, a few distinguished guests, just take your time, I'll be waiting for you at any time."

Hua Liang nodded, and led Hua Zixin to wander around the store, and Li Tiancai became a follower.

After Wu Yijian sat back in the boss chair, he picked up the teacup with a smile, and while sipping the tea, he secretly observed the three people as if nothing had happened.

Having been in business for decades, Wu Yijian has cultivated a pair of golden eyes and fire eyes. It took only a while to see that the old man who was walking, watching and explaining is definitely a master of medicine, and the two young people beside him are definitely still. A rookie with no experience.

After a short while, Hua Liang went around the huge medicine store.

Wu Yijian saw Hua Liang leading the two young men walking towards him, he nodded with a smile and said, "Mister, hurry up and have a seat, I've prepared tea for you!"

Hua Liang sat down unceremoniously, and said straight to the point: "Well, thank you boss. I walked around your store just now, and it is indeed much better than those half-truths and half-fake vendors outside."

A smile bloomed on Wu Yijian's chubby face, he patted his chest and said proudly: "That's natural! Our old Wu's is a time-honored medicine shop, there is absolutely no fraud, and we never sell fake medicinal materials."

Hua Liang waved his hand lightly and said: "I haven't seen the fake ones, but the quality of the medicinal materials can only be said to be unsatisfactory. Well, boss, you don't need to explain, we understand the truth. To be honest, I am a doctor, and the medicinal materials I purchase are related to human life, so they must be genuine, and there is no room for carelessness! I have a shopping list here, and please bring out the best medicinal materials in the store!"

(End of this chapter)