中药肉苁蓉为常用中药,为列当科植物肉苁蓉带鳞叶的干燥肉质茎。2004年大兴区药品检验所经过调查鉴定,市场上销售的肉苁蓉,除列当科植物肉苁蓉外,尚有较多盐生肉苁蓉和管花肉苁蓉。1.肉苁蓉饮片性状鉴别为不规则切片,厚约3mm,表面棕褐色或灰褐色。有淡棕色或棕黄色点状维管束, The traditional Chinese medicine, Cistanche deserticola, is a commonly used traditional Chinese medicine, which is the dry fleshy stem of the Cistanche deserticola with scaly leaves. In 2004, the Daxing District Institute for Drug Control conducted an investigation and identification. In addition to the Cistanche deserticola, there are still a large number of salted Cistanche and Cistanche tubulosa in the market. 1. Cistanche deserticola traits were identified as irregular slices, about 3mm thick, brown or gray brown surface. Light brown or brown-yellow spotted vascular bundles,