Different pricing places are different Heshouwu price difference can be 250 times?

Business Club September 9 hearing appearance does not look like two kinds of fleece-flower root, a pharmacy sells 0.04 yuan / gram, while the other is as high as 10 yuan / gram, the difference between the retail price of Chinese herbal medicine fleece-flower root 250 times. Faced with such a high spread, many consumers have expressed difficulties in understanding.

Yesterday, Ms. Li, who lives in Nanhu Garden, called the newspaper and said that after spending 1,500 yuan in a pharmacy to buy 150 grams of Radix Scutellariae (processed fleece-flower root), he discovered that the other pharmacies, Shouwu, sold for only 0.04 yuan per gram. "The doctor said that the efficacy is similar, then did I spend money?" Speaking of buying the "high price" fleece-flower root, she was very depressed.

The price is related to the origin?

Yesterday's reporter Tongjitang pharmacy on Zhongbei Road originated from Hunan Shouwu, which was priced at RMB 0.04 per gram.

"This is the cheapest thing we have here." The pharmacy staff member said that the origin of the herbs is different, and the pricing is different. "Effective efficacy is almost the same."

In the “Dingkang Pharmacy” on Optics Valley Pedestrian Street, the price of Shouwu is 0.05 yuan/g, and the origin of medicinal materials is Henan. Afterwards, the reporter visited several pharmacies. The pricing of Shouwu was 0.05 yuan per gram, but the origin was different: some produced in Hubei Province and some in Sichuan and Yunnan.

Are you expensive?

In the “Beijing Tong Ren Tang” pharmacy on Wujing Road, the clerk produced four kinds of system-made Shouwu that are produced in Sichuan. The price per gram was 10 yuan, 5 yuan, 3 yuan, and 2 yuan respectively. From the appearance point of view, there is no difference, it is blocky and black.

“All of them are wild, they have hair growth and nourishment. The effect is very good.” According to the clerk, the different prices and different ages cause different prices. “The longevity and big heads are good, and the efficacy is definitely better.” The clerk repeatedly emphasized that the sales are wild fleece-flower root.

“Many people are now cultivated on the market, and there are few wild animals,” she said. “Compared with wild herbs, the artificial cultivation of drugs has “nothing at all”. According to reports, the price of 10 yuan / gram of the system Shouwu sold "the best." When asked how to identify wild herbs and cultivate artificially, the clerk also said: "I don't know."

Experts: Wild, home medicinal efficacy is difficult to distinguish

"The difference between wild herbs and domestic herbs is that the former is grown in a purely natural environment and has a longer life span. The latter does not exclude the possibility of artificial ripening. There is a difference in their efficacy." College of Pharmacy, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine According to Associate Professor Wang Guangzhong of the Teaching and Research Section of Chinese Herbal Medicine, most of the Chinese herbal medicines are currently family medicinal herbs.

“The price of home-grown herbs is relatively cheap, and the pricing for 0.05 yuan per gram of fleece-flower root is relatively reasonable. If it is the real wild fleece-flower root, the price of 10 yuan per gram is also understandable.” Wang Guangzhong said that there is no clear standard for the efficacy of the two drugs.

“Lower prices are mostly home-grown herbs, and high-priced ones are not necessarily wild herbs. Because there is almost no difference in appearance, even experts are indistinguishable.” Wang Guangzhong said, “Chinese herbal medicines are also priced like agricultural products. Market conditions are volatile and there are no clear national standards. Is it true that wild herbs are based on the conscience of businesses?"