The difference between Ophiopogon and Radix Ophiopogonis

Ophiopogon japonicus, also known as Ophiopogon japonicus, is a perennial evergreen herb of Liliaceae, which is used in medicine with tuberous roots. Tiandongdong, also known as Tiandongdong, is the root tuber of the Liliaceae plant, and it is an herbal medicine included in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia. Radix Ophiopogonis and Radix Ophiopogonis are used in medicine with tuber roots, which are very similar in appearance. Let's take a look at the differences between Ophiopogon japonicus and Radix Ophiopogonis.

Differences of families and genera between Ophiopogon japonicus and Radix Ophiopogonis

1. Tiandong: Tiandong belongs to the climbing plants of plant kingdom, angiosperm phylum, Monocotyledon class, Liliaceae, Liliaceae and Tianmeng. It is born on the edge of shady wild forest, grass or shrub, and is also cultivated in East China, South-Central and Southwest China and Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Taiwan and other places.

2. Ophiopogon: Ophiopogon belongs to the plant kingdom, angiosperm phylum, Monocotyledon class, Liliaceae, Liliaceae, perennial evergreen herbs, distributed in Jiangxi, Anhui, Zhejiang, Fujian, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Guangxi and other places.

Ophiopogon japonicus and Radix Ophiopogonis have different nicknames.

1. Tiandong: Tiandong is not called tomorrow Winter, Wall Winter, full Winter, full Winter, astronomical Winter, Mengdong, Fat Wudong, Dadang Root, Dadang Root, Multi-son and Mother, long Live Rattan Root, Borneo Root, Shang thorn Root, Tian Le Root, Tantra Root, White Rosa Root, 800 cub, Sidong Root, Ni Ling, driving Snake, Multi-daughter woman, Tiger tail Root, Nine sons and Ten Brothers, raccoon Root, female Root, Feast Mendong, Mendong, moistening Tiandong, Yanmenmeng, Niling All healing, orange tube, raccoon grass, twelve roots, 300 sticks and so on.

2. Ophiopogon: Ophiopogon is also known as Ophiopogon, fresh Ophiopogon, cinnabar mixed with Ophiopogon, etc. Ophiopogon, Ophiopogon, Ophiopogon refers to Ophiopogon.

The difference in appearance between Ophiopogon japonicus and Radix Ophiopogonis

1. Tiedong: Tiedong is a climbing plant, many branches are clustered and drooping, with a length of 80cm to 120cm, leaf-shaped clusters are similar to pine needles, green and shiny, leafy branches are usually clustered every 3, flattened or slightly triangular because of the keel of the midvein, slightly sickle-shaped, the base of the scaly leaves on the stem extends into hard thorns 2.5-3.5 mm long, the thorns on the branches are shorter or less obvious, and the flowers are white and light green. The berries are red when ripe.

2. Ophiopogon japonicus: Ophiopogon japonicus grows in clusters, about 30 cm high, with clusters of leaves, slender, dark green, shaped like leek, lavender flowers and dark green or dark blue berries when ripe.

The difference between Radix Ophiopogonis and Radix Ophiopogonis

1, the same: both taste sweet, bitter, cold, return to the lung and stomach meridian, can nourish lung yin, moisten the lung dryness, clear lung heat, but also nourish stomach yin, clear stomach heat, invigorate body fluid and relieve thirst, for heat pathogen injuring intestine dryness and constipation, but also can increase fluid and moisten intestines to relieve defecation, in the treatment of lung and stomach dryness and heat, it is often necessary to enhance the curative effect, but those with spleen and stomach deficiency and diarrhea and exogenous wind-cold cause cough, should avoid using these two.

2, the difference: the bitter cold nature of Tiandong is very strong, the yin of tonifying the lung and stomach is stronger than Ophiopogon, for those who cough up phlegm, it can also relieve cough and remove phlegm, and can enter the kidney meridian to tonify kidney yin and reduce kidney fire, which can treat kidney yin deficiency and yin deficiency and exuberant fire. Recently, it is often used to treat breast tumors, which has a better effect on breast lobular hyperplasia, but with greater nuisance, it should be paid attention to. Ophiopogon is slightly bitter and cold, although the power of nourishing stomach yin and clearing stomach heat is weak, but it is its strong point that it is less nourishing. It can also enter the heart meridian to tonify the heart yin, clear the heart to remove annoyance, calm the mind, and treat the syndrome of deficiency of heart yin and hyperactivity of heart fire.