藏紅花又名番紅花是一种常用的中药,产于西班牙、法国、荷蘭、希腊、伊朗等地。虽然中药界常把它叫做藏紅花,实际上西藏並不产这种药物,历年来都是由国外进口。由于它的价格昂貴,所以市場上曾出現各种各样的伪品。有些伪品及其鑑別法在生药学書籍中已有記載,近年来我們又收到三批假的藏紅花样品,和文献上記载的不同。今特报告如下,以供生药鑑別上的参考。肉眼观察这种假藏紅花的外形和真藏紅花很是相像:全体为細長的絲狀物輕松堆积而成,絲狀物長約3厘米,有的碎断;一端極細,一端 Saffron, also known as saffron, is a commonly used Chinese medicine produced in Spain, France, the Netherlands, Greece, Iran and other places. Although the Chinese medicine industry often refers to it as saffron, in fact, Tibet does not produce this medicine. It has been imported from abroad for years. Due to its high price, various counterfeits have appeared on the market. Some counterfeit goods and their identification methods have been recorded in pharmacopoeial books. In recent years, we have received three batches of fake saffron samples, which are different from those recorded in the literature. This special report is as follows, for reference in the identification of crude drugs. The visual appearance of this pseudo-saffron crocus is very similar to that of safflower: the entire filaments are easily stacked, the filaments are about 3 cm long, and some are broken;