What is the difference between asparagus and coral grass?

Asparagus erect herb, up to 1 meter high. Born on grassy slopes or forests at an altitude of 400-2300 m, rhizomes and roots are often used as traditional Chinese medicine and Baiqian in Henan Province. Coral grass is a natural and environmentally friendly terrestrial plant growing along the coast of the pure and pollution-free sea area.

First, the introduction of asparagus

1. Distribution

Distributed in Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi and Gansu. It is also distributed in Japan, Korea and Siberia, Russia.

two。 Form

Roots slender, ca. 2-3 mm thick. Stems distally and branches longitudinally, branches sometimes with very narrow wings. Leafy branches usually clustered every 3-4, narrowly striate, falcate, base subsharply trigonous, distally flattened, 1-4 cm long and 0.7-1 mm wide; scalelike leaves sublanceolate, base unarmed. Flowers every 2-4 axillary, yellowish green, berries about 6 mm in diameter, red when ripe, usually with 1-2 seeds. The flowering period is from May to June and the fruiting period is from August to September.

3. Value

Rhizome and root are often used as traditional Chinese medicine Baiqian in Henan Province.

II. Introduction of coral grass

1. Distribution

Along the coast of the sea. Growing in the salt-wet zone along the coast, the body is filled with sea water at high tide, and when the tide goes out, it is exposed to the sun, which evaporates the sea water in the leaves and stems, leaving concentrated marine nutrients in the leaves and stems.

two。 Form

Perennial frail herbs, 15-40cm high. Whole plant more or less glaucous, glabrous; stems slender, fascicled, sparsely branched above base, obliquely ascending, longitudinally furrowed. The flowering period is April and the fruiting period is June.

3. Value

It can treat all kinds of acute inflammation, such as lobar pneumonia, acute mastitis, kidney deficiency and low back pain, etc., and has remarkable curative effect on pneumonia, acute and chronic pharyngitis, acute tonsillitis, cold and fever, rhinitis and so on.