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Classification status of Codonopsis pilosula food

The classification of this food is as follows:

1. According to today's headline data, food: Codonopsis pilosula can be used as a Chinese medicine ingredient, dietary supplement or functional food, and it is produced in the edge of the mountain forest and shrub zone at an altitude of 1560-3 100 meters in northern China. For example, Dangshen powder, Dangshen tablets and Dangshen drinks all belong to this category.

2. Chinese herbal medicine: In the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, Codonopsis pilosula belongs to the medicine of nourishing yin, dredging collaterals, benefiting qi and promoting fluid production, so it can be dried in the sun, used fresh, processed into pieces and sold as Chinese herbal medicine.

3. Cosmetics: Codonopsis pilosula also has the effect of beauty beauty, so it can be processed into raw materials in cosmetics, such as Codonopsis pilosula beauty liquid and Codonopsis pilosula cream.