近年来,我们发现商品柴胡药材中有大量其它植物的根掺杂,甚者掺入量高达40%。经鉴定掺伪品主要是石竹科蝇子草属植物旱麦瓶草(Silene jenisseensis)的干燥根及少量丝石竹属植物窄叶丝石竹(Gypsophila licentiana)的根。今将其鉴别分述如下。柴胡:根呈类圆锥形,下部多分枝,长约6～15cm,直径0.3～1cm;表面灰褐色,具纵纹,支根痕和皮孔。质硬、韧,具纤维 In recent years, we have found that there are a large number of other plant roots in the Radix Bupleuri medicinal materials. The adulterants were identified as the roots of Silene jenisseensis and the roots of Gypsophila licentiana. This will be divided into the following description. Bupleurum: The roots are conical in shape with many branches below, 6 to 15 cm long and 0.3 to 1 cm in diameter. The surface is gray-brown with vertical stripes, branching marks and lenticels. Hard, tough, with fiber