Medicinal herb is a precious Chinese herbal medicine that is very popular because of its unique color, smell and medicinal properties. Medicinal amber can be divided into red amber, green amber, purple amber and yellow amber, and each medicinal amber is different in terms of medicinal properties and uses. In the market of medicinal amber, it is inevitable that some fakes and inferior products will appear. These fakes and inferior products will not only waste consumers' money, but also pose a certain threat to people's health. Therefore, it is very important to know how to distinguish the real from the fake.
There are 3 ways to distinguish the authenticity of medicinal amber: 1. Soak in salt water, place medicinal amber in saturated salt water, and the real medicinal amber will float to the surface, and the fake medicinal amber will sink to the bottom;2. Ultraviolet rays, when irradiated with ultraviolet rays, real medicine will have a fluorescent reaction, while fake medicine does not;3. Listen to the sound, put the medicine in your hand and rub it, the sound of the real medicine is dull, and the sound of the fake medicine is crisp.
You can also soak in salt water to distinguish the authenticity of medicinal amber, because the density of medicinal amber is 107～1.09 or so, it is larger than water and less than saturated saline, put the medicine in the container, and then add saturated salt water to the container, if it is a real medicine pearl, it will slowly float, and the fake medicine will not float, only sink to the bottom.
It can also distinguish the authenticity of medicinal amber through ultraviolet irradiation, and when using ultraviolet irradiation to medicinal amber, it can be clearly found that real medicinal amber will have obvious fluorescence reaction, mainly showing green and blue, etc., while artificially made fake medicinal amber has no fluorescent reaction.
You can distinguish the authenticity of the medicine by the sound, put the medicine in the hand and gently rub or knead, if it is a real medicine The sound is relatively dull and soft, and the artificial fake medicine is more crisp and pleasant.