天麻又名赤箭，《神农本草经》列为上品，《开宝本草》始称天麻。天麻为兰科植物，药用其干燥块茎，性味：甘平，功能息风止痉，平抑肝阳，祛风通络，是常用的中药材之一，近年来，市场上常有近似的植物块茎，鱼目混珠，冒充天麻，为净化中药市场，现把几种易混淆的伪天麻性状 Gastrodia is also known as Chijian. “Shen Nong’s Materia Medica” is listed as a top grade product, and “Kai Bao Materia Medica” is originally called Tianma. Gastrodia elata is a plant of Orchidaceae. Its medicinal properties include its dry tubers, its taste: Ganping, its function of suppressing wind and phlegm, stablizing liver yang, and removing wind and meridians. It is one of the commonly used Chinese herbal medicines. In recent years, the market has often been similar. Plant tubers, fish heads, and imitation of gastrodia, to purify the traditional Chinese medicine market, now confuses several confusing pseudo-gastrodia traits