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Why do I always feel that Chinese medicine shops have a smell?

I also like the taste of Chinese medicine. Because there is always a faint fragrance in the Chinese pharmacy, I take a few deep breaths every time I go, as if to take away more medicine fragrance. "Love makes a hundred herbs grow fragrant", and herbs do have fragrance, because Chinese patent medicines contain good roots, leaves or flowers, fruits and seeds of plants we eat, all of which emit strong or weak fragrance, and many flowers used as medicines, such as Paeonia lactiflora, Osmanthus fragrans and Apricot Lotus, all emit fragrance. Good spices can also be used as medicine, such as musk and agarwood, which will give off a strong fragrance. Many vegetables are also used as medicine.

Celery cures high blood pressure, coriander appetizers ... these are all fragrant. Medicinal fruits such as dried tangerine peel, lemon, cinnamon and hawthorn all have fragrance. So Chinese medicine shops have a faint fragrance.