The difference between Radix Pseudostellariae and Codonopsis pilosula

Radix Pseudostellariae is a perennial herb of the Platycodon grandiflorum family. It is used as a root to nourish, dispel cold and heat, clear the lung and relieve cough. Codonopsis pilosula is the dry root of Codonopsis pilosula, Codonopsis pilosula, or Codonopsis pilosula. It has the effects of tonifying qi, relieving thirst, invigorating the spleen and lung, nourishing blood and promoting fluid. Let's take a look at the difference between Radix Codonopsis and Radix Codonopsis.

The difference of families and genera between Radix Pseudostellariae and Codonopsis pilosula

1. Sand ginseng: sand ginseng belongs to the perennial herbs of plant kingdom, angiosperm phylum, dicotyledonous class, synpetal subclass, Campanulaceae, Platycodon grandiflorum subfamily, Platycodon grandiflorum family.

2. Codonopsis pilosula: Codonopsis pilosula belongs to the plant kingdom, angiosperm phylum, dicotyledonous class, synpetal subclass, Platycodon grandiflorum, Platycodon grandiflorum, Campanulaceae, Platycodon grandiflorum, Codonopsis pilosula, Codonopsis pilosula.

The difference of Origin between Radix Pseudostellariae and Codonopsis pilosula

1. Sand ginseng: sand ginseng alias Nansha ginseng, bubble ginseng, white ginseng, Anemarrhena anemarrhena, sheep's milk, sheep's milk, bell grass, tiger beard, etc., like warm or cool climate, distributed in Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan and other places in China.

2. Codonopsis pilosula: Codonopsis pilosula alias Codonopsis pilosula, Huangshen, Codonopsis pilosula, Codonopsis pilosula, Shitou ginseng, Zhonglingcao, Huangdang, etc., warm and cool climate, mostly produced in Xizang, Sichuan, Yunnan, Gansu, Shaanxi, Guizhou, Ningxia, Qinghai, Henan, Shandong, Shanxi, Hebei, Inner Mongolia and other places.

Morphological differences between Radix Pseudostellariae and Codonopsis pilosula

1. Sand ginseng: sand ginseng up to 1 meter high, white milk, carrot-shaped roots, unbranched, often hispidulous or villous, inflorescences often unbranched into pseudo-racemes, pedicels often very short, capsule oval-globose, rarely ellipsoidal, seeds brownish yellow, slightly flat, with an edge, florescence from August to October.

2. Codonopsis pilosula: Codonopsis pilosula stem base with most verrucous stem scars, roots often hypertrophic in fusiform or fusiform cylindrical shape, stem winding about 1-2 meters long, leaves alternate on main stem and lateral branches, leaf blade ovate or narrowly ovate, flowers solitary at the end of branch, alternate with petiole or nearly opposite, pedicellate, capsule hemispherical in lower part, short conical in upper part. Seeds numerous, ovate, brownish yellow, smooth glabrous, flowering and fruiting July-October.

The difference of efficacy between Radix Pseudostellariae and Codonopsis pilosula

1. Sand ginseng: sand ginseng taste sweet, slightly bitter, slightly cold, return to the lung and stomach meridian, with the effect of nourishing yin and clearing heat, moistening the lung and resolving phlegm, benefiting stomach and promoting fluid, mainly for the treatment of Yin deficiency and chronic cough, consumption, phlegm and blood, dry cough and less phlegm, deficiency-heat throat arthralgia, fluid injury and thirst and other diseases.

2. Codonopsis pilosula: Codonopsis pilosula is sweet in taste, flat in nature, returning to the spleen and lung meridian, with the effect of tonifying qi and nourishing blood, for deficiency of qi, lack of food and loose stool, cough and shortness of breath, thirst, blood deficiency and yellowing, palpitation and dizziness.