Difference Between Ginseng and Dangshen

Ginseng is a perennial herb, mainly produced in northeast China, North Korea, South Korea, etc., with the role of nourishing yin, nourishing and strengthening the foundation, and is often used to adjust blood pressure, restore heart function and other diseases. Party ginseng, like ginseng, also has very good medicinal value. Many people are no stranger to ginseng, but they are very strange to the concept of Codonopsis pilosula. Let's take a look at the difference between ginseng and Codonopsis pilosula.

The families and genera of ginseng and Codonopsis pilosula are different.

1. Ginseng: ginseng is a perennial herb of the plant kingdom, angiosperm phylum, Magnolia, Rosa, Umbellifera, Araliaceae, Panax ginseng, Panax ginseng, mallet, human title, ghost cover, divine grass, earth essence, goblin, sea plump, mandarin, king of grass, etc.

2. Codonopsis pilosula: Codonopsis pilosula is a plant kingdom, angiosperm phylum, dicotyledonous class, synpetal subclass, Platycodon grandiflorum, Platycodon grandiflorum, Platycodon grandiflorum subfamily, Platycodon grandiflorum, Codonopsis pilosula, also known as Codonopsis pilosula, Radix Codonopsis, Codonopsis pilosula, Codonopsis pilosula, Radix Codonopsis, Radix Codonopsis pilosula, etc.

Ginseng and Codonopsis pilosula come from different places.

1. Ginseng: ginseng grows at 40-45 degrees north latitude and 117.5 °- 117.5 °east longitude, and is distributed in eastern Liaoning, eastern Jilin and eastern Heilongjiang. It is introduced in Hebei, Shanxi and Shandong, and is also cultivated in Soviet Union, Korea and Japan.

2. Codonopsis pilosula: Codonopsis pilosula is rich in China in the southeast of Xizang, western Sichuan, northwest Yunnan, eastern and southern Gansu, southern Shaanxi, Guizhou, Ningxia, eastern Qinghai, Henan, Shandong, Shanxi, Hebei, Inner Mongolia and Northeast China. North Korea, Mongolia and the far East of the Soviet Union.

Morphological differences between Ginseng and Codonopsis pilosula

1. Ginseng: ginseng main root 30-60 cm high, stem erect, cylindrical, unbranched, compound leaves palmately, leaflets 3-5, middle 3 pieces of nearly equal size, petiolules, umbels in a single terminal leaf cluster, total pedicels up to 30 cm long, berries oblate, bright red when mature, with two semicircular seeds inside.

2. Codonopsis pilosula: the stem base of Codonopsis pilosula has most verrucous stem scars, the root is often hypertrophic and spindle-shaped or cylindrical, the stem is about 1-2 meters long and 2-4 mm in diameter, with many branches, flowers are solitary at the end of the branch, alternate or nearly opposite to the petiole, pedunculate, seeds are numerous, ovate, wingless, small, brownish yellow, smooth and glabrous.

The difference of efficacy between ginseng and Codonopsis pilosula

1. Ginseng: ginseng tastes sweet, slightly bitter, warm and flat, returning to the spleen, lung meridian and heart meridian, with the effects of tonifying qi, solid detachment, Sheng Jin, calming the mind, tonifying the mind, etc., suitable for regulating blood pressure, restoring heart function, neurasthenia and physical weakness, as well as expectorant, stomach-invigorating, diuretic and exciting effects.

2. Codonopsis pilosula: Codonopsis pilosula is flat and sweet, which has the effects of tonifying middle qi, invigorating spleen and lung, anti-cancer, reducing blood pressure, anti-hypoxia and anti-aging. it can also enhance human immunity, increase the activity of superoxide dismutase and enhance the ability to eliminate free radicals. it can regulate gastrointestinal motility, anti-ulcer, inhibit gastric acid secretion and reduce pepsin activity. It is suitable for weakness of spleen and lung, shortness of breath, palpitation, loose stool, ulcer, anemia, asthma and cough, internal heat and thirst, etc.