The difference between Cuiyuncao and Selaginella officinalis

Cuiyun grass is a herb, Selaginella officinalis is also a herb, it is also called reviving grass, both of which not only have ornamental value, but also have medicinal value. The following is to introduce the difference between Cuiyuncao and Selaginella.

Difference 1. Different types

Cuiyuncao and Selaginella are both perennial herbs of Selaginaceae, but they are different species. It is a medium-sized fern with a main stem spreading on the ground.

Second, the rhizome is different.

Cuiyun grass is a medium-sized verdant fern, the main stem trailing on the ground, the root receptacle growing only in the lower part of the main stem or intermittently along the main stem, less bifurcated, hairy, stem cylindrical, grooved, glabrous, lateral branches 5-8 pairs, 2 pinnately branched. Selaginella officinalis is a native or lithophytic resuscitation plant, cushion-shaped, the root base is only born at the base of the stem, the root is bifurcated, densely hairy, and the stem and branches are dense to form a tree-like trunk, the stem is cylindrical, not grooved, smooth, lateral branches 2-5 pairs, 2-3 pinnate branches.

Third, the leaves are different.

The leaves of Cuiyun grass have an entire margin, the leaves on the main stem are larger and green than those on the branches, and the axillary leaves on the branches are broadly oval or heart-shaped. The leaf margin of Selaginella officinalis is not entire, the leaves on the main stem are slightly larger, green or brown than those on branchlets, and the axillary leaves on branches are ovate or oval.

Fourth, the distribution is different

Cuiyun grass is distributed in Zhejiang, Fujian, Taiwan, Hami Hatton, Guangxi, Hunan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Sichuan and other provinces and regions. It is born under valley forests at an altitude of 40-1000m, in humus soil or in wet weeds by streams, and in caves, on wet rocks or in crevices. Selaginella Selaginella is distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Hunan, Shaanxi, Hebei, Shandong, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang and other places, mostly on sunny hillside rocks, or in dry rock crevices, often found in limestone, elevation (60 -) 500-1500 (- 2100) meters.

Difference 5. Different effects

Cuiyun grass is used as medicine, fresh or sun-dried, with the effect of clearing heat and dampness, hemostasis and cough, for acute icteric infectious hepatitis, cholecystitis, enteritis, dysentery, nephritis edema, urinary tract infection, rheumatic arthralgia, pulmonary tuberculosis hemoptysis, external use to treat furunculosis, burn and scald, traumatic bleeding, fall injury. Selaginella officinalis is used as a dry whole herb, which has the effect of promoting blood circulation and dredging menstruation, and is used for amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, ruffian block and fall injury.