The difference between Elaeagnus angustifolia and Thistle

Feilian and thistle are very similar, and many people may not be able to tell the difference between them. Let's take a simple look at the difference between Feilian and thistle.

First, the difference between Elaeagnus angustifolia and thistle.

Thistle and Feilian are Compositae plants, different genera. Large thistle is thistle, the rhizome is massive fusiform or radish-shaped, with basal leaves, erect stems, much branched stems, heads. The difference is that the leaves of thistle are deeply cracked, the lobes are serrated, and the edges are punctured. The stem is smoother and less prickly.

Feilian is a genus of Compositae, which is similar to the large thistle, except that the cracking of the leaf is not as deep as the thistle, and the edge of the leaf is also prickly, except that the stem is cylindrical, with longitudinal edges, and with green wings, that is, the stem is covered with needles. This is one of the major characteristics of Feilian. Inflorescences dry-shrunk, involucral bracts campanulate, yellowish brown, flowers purplish red, crown spiny, yellow-white, faint smell.

II. Efficacy and function

1. Feilian grass has the effect of clearing damp-heat, invigorating spleen and kidney.

two。 Thistle has the effect of treating hematemesis, hematochezia, hematuria, and women's metrorrhagia. The taboo of thistle is spleen and stomach deficiency cold and no stasis.

In fact, thistle rarely grows in the northern region, and almost all the things seen in the north are Fei Lian. When distinguishing, mainly look at the stem, if there is no thorn on the stem is a big thistle, if there is a thorn on the stem, it is flying cheap.