The difference between Salvia miltiorrhiza and Red Salvia miltiorrhiza

Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae, also known as Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae, etc., due to excessive mining of wild Salvia miltiorrhiza in successive years, the amount of wild resources is on the verge of extinction. Red ginseng is the cooked product of ginseng, which is processed by infiltration, cleaning, sorting, steaming, drying, drying and other processes. it has the effects of invigorating energy, relieving pulse and removing blood. Let's take a look at the difference between Salvia miltiorrhiza and Red Salvia miltiorrhiza.

The difference of families and genera between Salvia miltiorrhiza and Red Salvia miltiorrhiza

1. Salvia miltiorrhiza: Salvia miltiorrhiza is a perennial erect herb of plant kingdom, angiosperm phylum, dicotyledonous class, synpetal subclass, tubular flower order, labiatae, sage family, sage genus, litchi grass subgenus.

2. Red ginseng: red ginseng belongs to the perennial herbs of plant kingdom, angiosperm phylum, subphylum, magnolia, rose, umbrella order, Araliaceae, ginseng family and ginseng.

The difference in appearance between Salvia miltiorrhiza and Red Salvia miltiorrhiza

1. Salvia miltiorrhiza: the rhizome of Salvia miltiorrhiza is short and thick, and sometimes the stem base remains at the top. Roots several, long Terete, slightly curved, some branched and with bearded rootlets. The surface is brownish red or dark brown red, rough, longitudinally wrinkled. The bark of the old root is loose, mostly purplish brown, and often flakes off. Hard and brittle, loose section, fissured or slightly flat and dense, reddish brown skin, wood grayish yellow or purplish brown, duct bundles yellow-white, radially arranged.

2. Red ginseng: the main root of red ginseng is fusiform or cylindrical, the surface is translucent, reddish brown, occasionally opaque dark yellowish brown patches, with longitudinal grooves, wrinkles and fine root marks, intermittent inconspicuous rings in the upper part, and 2 or 3 twisted and crossed branches in the lower part, with curved fibrous roots or only fibrous root residues. The rhizome is 1-2 cm long and has several concave stem scars (Reed bowl), some with 1-2 complete or broken adventitious roots. The quality is hard and brittle, the section is flat, horny.

Difference of producing area between Salvia miltiorrhiza and Red Salvia miltiorrhiza

1. Salvia miltiorrhiza: Salvia miltiorrhiza likes to grow in mild climate, sufficient light and humid air, and grows better in fertile sandy loam, but it can grow in neutral, slightly acidic and slightly alkaline. It is produced in Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Henan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi and Hunan, and also distributed in Japan.

2. Red ginseng: ginseng likes cold, cool and humid climate, cold resistance, oblique and diffuse light, avoid strong light and high temperature. It has been listed as a national rare and endangered plant, and Changbai Mountain and other nature reserves have been protected. It has been widely cultivated in three northeastern provinces, and has been introduced in Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Hunan, Hubei, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan and other provinces.

The difference of efficacy between Salvia miltiorrhiza and Red Salvia miltiorrhiza

1. Salvia miltiorrhiza: Salvia miltiorrhiza has the effects of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, relieving menstruation, clearing heart trouble, cooling blood and eliminating carbuncle, for chest arthralgia and heartache, epigastric pain, convulsion accumulation, heat arthralgia, restless menstruation, dysmenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, sores and sores, etc.

2. Red ginseng: red ginseng is a cooked product of ginseng, which not only has the functions of tonifying vital energy, tonifying spleen and lung, and invigorating the mind, but also has warmer medicinal properties, with the characteristics of strong fire, strong strength and strong efficacy, and is longer than Dabuanqi, returning yang to save adversity, tonifying qi and absorbing blood. Red ginseng can be used to replenish the symptoms such as frequent fear of cold, lukewarm hands and feet, dizziness and tiredness, weakness of limbs, fatigue, shortness of breath, cold in the stomach, long-term diarrhea, insomnia and dreaminess, impotence and frequent urination.