What is the difference between money grass and money grass?

Many plants look very similar, but they are different varieties, such as even money grass and money grass, many people regard them as wrong, some people regard them as a species, in fact, they are still different. So, what is the difference between even money grass and money grass?

First, a brief introduction to Lian Qian Cao

The main results are as follows: 1. Lian Qiancao, also known as Huoxue Dan, Luodi, Artemisia argyi, etc., is a perennial herb of Labiatae, with stolon, stem height of 10-20 (30) cm, leaf heart-shaped or nearly kidney-shaped, florescence from April to May, flowers light blue, blue to purple, fruit May-June.

2. Lianqian grass is born in shady and wet places such as forest edge, sparse forest, grassland and stream, with an elevation of 50-2000 meters above sea level. It is distributed all over the country except Qinghai, Gansu, Xinjiang and Xizang, as well as in Russia and North Korea.

3. Lianqian grass can be used in medicine, with bitter taste, pungent taste and cool nature. it has the effects of promoting dampness, clearing heat and detoxification, dispelling blood stasis and detumescence, mainly treating heat and stone; damp-heat jaundice, sore carbuncle swelling pain, falling servant injury, folk widely used whole grass or stem and leaf medicine to treat bladder stones or urinary tract stones.

II. Brief introduction of Artemisia angustifolia

The main results are as follows: 1. Chimonanthus, also known as Crossing Yellow, Mirror Grass, Cuiping Grass, Lotus Grass, etc., is a perennial herb of Primulaceae, with stolons, 20-60cm long, kidney-shaped to round leaves, flowering from May to July, yellow flowers, and fruit from July to October.

2. Money grass grows on hillside grasslands, roadsides or ditches at an altitude of 1300-1980 meters. It is distributed in all provinces south of the Yangtze River and Taiwan Province, and is widely distributed in the tropics and subtropics of both hemispheres.

3. Artemisia mandshurica is available for viewing and can also be used as medicine. It tastes sweet, salty and slightly cold. It has the effects of diuresis and relieving yellow, diuresis, detoxification and detumescence. It is used for damp-heat jaundice, biliary pain, stone shower, hot rain, astringent pain in urination, carbuncle, sores and snakebite.

Third, the difference between Lian Qian grass and money grass.

Distinction one, different families and genera: Lianqian grass is Labiatae, Huoxue Dan genus, Huoxue Dan species of perennial herbs; Primula is Primulaceae, Pearl cabbage genus, yellow species of perennial herbs.

Second, the stem is different: the stem is hollow, the color is light purplish red, the young part is sparsely villous; the stem is solid, the color is grayish green or reddish purple, and there is no fluff on the surface.

Third, the leaves are different: the leaves of Artemisia angustifolia are wrinkled together, the leaves are herbaceous, heart-shaped or nearly reniform, and the edges are crenate; the leaves are not wrinkled together, and the leaves are fleshy, kidney-shaped to round, entire.

Fourth, the flowers and fruits are different: the flowering period is April-May, the flowers are light blue and blue to purple, the fruiting period is May-June, the nuts are dark brown and oblong-ovate; the flowering period is May-July, the flower is yellow, the fruiting period is July-October, and the capsule is spherical, yellow to brown.

Fifth, the distribution is different: Lianqian grass is very wide, with the exception of Qinghai, Gansu, Xinjiang and Xizang, it is distributed all over the country; the distribution is not very wide, and it is distributed in the provinces south of the Yangtze River and Taiwan Province.

Difference 6, the effect is different: Lianqian grass is the dry whole grass of labiatae plant Huoxue Dan, which is generally harvested from spring to autumn, with the effect of promoting dampness, clearing heat and detoxification, dispersing blood stasis and detumescence; Primula is the dry whole grass of Primulaceae plants, which is generally harvested in summer and autumn, with the effect of diuresis, diuresis, detoxification and detumescence.

The above is the introduction of the difference between Lian Qian grass and money grass. I hope it will be useful to you.