Sino-Singapore Jingwei, May 19 (Wang Yuling) "Affected by reports that fenugreek can treat the new crown, the attention of fenugreek in the Bozhou market has increased recently, and the price of fenugreek has also risen. The current market price of fenugreek is about 25 yuan/kg. "A message on the Kangmei Traditional Chinese Medicine website reflects the fiery demand of Qianjinteng.
However, according to various understandings of Sino-Singapore Jingwei, the price provided by Kangmei Chinese Medicine Network has been very "conservative", and the reality is even more fiery.
On the 13th, after the news that Chinese scientists found that fenugreek can inhibit the new crown virus spread on the Internet, not only the secondary market heard the news, but in the Chinese herbal medicine market, the price of fenugreek rose.
Sino-Singapore Jingwei noticed that on social platforms, a
number of intermediaries with IP addresses in Hunan
announced the acquisition of Qianjinvine. Someone said: "The national acquisition of Qianjinvine is 134 yuan per kilogram. How many are purchased?"
Someone made a higher bid: "The unified price is 158,000 a ton, which is about 79 yuan a pound", and the acquisition standard is "as long as the roots are cylindrical and spherical, the green vines, red vines and blood vines must be separated, and the roots should be kept intact as much as possible." .
The other end of the high purchase price is the tight supply.
A supplier in the traditional Chinese medicine market in Bozhou City, Anhui Province told Sino-Singapore Jingwei: "
A week ago, I had three or four thousand kilograms on hand, and now I have a few dozen kilograms left. If you don't want it today, it will be gone tomorrow
."
On its price display page, the price of a kilogram of vines is between 205 yuan and 210 yuan.
"The price we received before was about 20 yuan per pound, and now it's almost 10 times higher when we sell it. If you really want it, I will give you a wholesale price of 160 yuan per pound," the supplier said.
Who is buying sagebrush?
The supplier said that pharmaceutical companies have come to inquire, but their demand is usually priced in tons, so it is difficult to meet.
"
Most of the goods in my hand are sold in small batches. Many small traders and hawkers buy a few kilograms or tens of kilograms. It is said that they go back and grind them into powder. Drinking in water can prevent the new crown
." The supplier said to Sino-Singapore Jingwei.
According to public information, the vines are the roots or stems and leaves of the genus Rhizoma chinensis, which are born in hillside roadsides, ditchsides, grasses or shrubs in hilly areas.
Distributed in Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Taiwan, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan and other places.
It is a bisbenzylisoquinoline alkaloid extracted from the genus Rhododendron.
Regarding the role of Radix Glycyrrhiza, Professor Guo Ruichen from the Clinical Pharmacology Center of Qilu Hospital of Shandong University explained to Sino-Singapore Jingwei that Radix Glycyrrhizae has the functions of clearing away heat, detoxification, dispelling wind and relieving pain, and is used for sore throat, carbuncle, sore furuncle, poisonous snake bite, rheumatism Pain, stomach pain, beriberi and edema.
Pharmacological effects (alkaloids) include, first, muscle relaxant effect; second, ganglion blocking effect; third, foreign studies have proved that Radix chinensis has the effect of preventing and treating leukopenia.
As for the so-called practice of going back to soak in water to prevent the new crown, Guo Ruichen said that it is not recommended, not recommended.
"One is that the amount is not easy to grasp, and the other is that there are other unknown ingredients (the active toxicity is unknown). After all, the fenugreek tablets have been purified and proved to be effective and non-toxic (low toxicity, at least within the safe range) through animal or human experiments. "Guo Ruichen said.
A pharmacist in a tertiary hospital also reminded Sino-Singapore Jingwei that it is absolutely unnecessary for ordinary people to stock up.
"At present, fenugreek has not been listed, and the active drug extracted is still different from the original plant. If necessary, you can buy some Chinese patent medicines such as Yinqiaojiedu, Lianhua Qingwen and Jinhua Qinggan for the treatment of wind-heat and cold. ' said the pharmacist.
(Sino-Singapore Jingwei APP)
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