The difference between Rhizoma Anemarrhenae and Phellodendron Phellodendri

Anemarrhena anemarrhena, also known as Anemarrhena anemarrhena, is a perennial herb of the Liliaceae family, which is cultivated all over the country. Hebei is the main producing area, and Phellodendron Phellodendri is the dry bark of the yellow bark tree of Rutaceae, which is mainly produced in Sichuan, Guizhou, Hubei, Yunnan and other places. Let's take a look at the difference between Anemarrhena anemarrhena and Phellodendron Phellodendri.

Anemarrhena anemarrhena and Phellodendron Phellodendri have different families and genera.

1. Anemarrhena anemarrhena: Anemarrhena anemarrhena is a perennial herb of the genus Anemarrhena, which belongs to the plant kingdom, angiosperm phylum, monotaxa, Liliaceae, Liliaceae.

2. Phellodendron Phellodendri belongs to the plant kingdom, phylum angiosperm, dicotyledonous class, Rutaceae, Rutaceae, Phellodendron amurense.

Anemarrhena anemarrhena and Phellodendron Phellodendri have different forms.

1. Anemarrhena anemarrhena: the rhizome of Anemarrhena anemarrhena is elongated and lanceolate from the base, the flower stem grows from the leaf cluster, cylindrical erect, racemose tidbits, clustered, growing at the top into a spike, pollen red, lavender to white, the fruit is long oval, there are many black seeds in the flowering and fruiting period from June to September.

2. Phellodendron Phellodendri is 10-12 m high, bark cracked, no cork layer, inner layer yellow, sticky, branchlets thick, smooth glabrous, odd-pinnate compound leaves opposite, leaflets 7-15, rectangular-round-lanceolate to rectangular-orbicular-ovate, 9-15 cm long, 3-5 cm wide, flowers unisexual, dioecious, arranged in a terminal panicle, berrylike drupe globose, 1-1.5 cm in diameter, dense, black, 5-6 in diameter.

The difference of efficacy between Anemarrhena anemarrhena and Phellodendron Phellodendri

1. Anemarrhena anemarrhena: bitter taste, cold nature, return to the lung, stomach and kidney meridians, with the effect of clearing heat and purging fire, nourishing yin and moistening dryness, mainly treating fever, irritation and thirst, lung heat and dryness cough, bone steam, internal heat and thirst, intestinal dryness and constipation, but cold and moist, smooth intestines, so spleen and stomach deficiency cold, stool diarrhea should not be taken.

2. Cortex Phellodendri: Phellodendron Phellodendri has bitter taste, cold nature, kidney and bladder meridian, it has the effect of clearing heat and dryness, purging fire and removing steam, detoxifying and treating sores, for damp-heat diarrhea dysentery, jaundice, urticant dysentery, astringent pain, foot qi impotence, bone steaming, night sweats, spermatorrhea, ulcers, eczema and eczema, salt Cortex Phellodendri nourishes yin and reduces fire, for Yin deficiency, excessive fire, night sweat bone steaming and other diseases.