The difference between Millettia reticulata and King Kong vine

There are so many kinds of Chinese medicinal materials, and sometimes the names are similar. For example, Millettia reticulata and Vajra vine sound similar and have certain similarities in medicinal value. Many people don’t know much about them. Millettia reticulata is also called blood-activating vine. It is a plant belonging to the Schisandraceae family. It has a good effect of promoting blood circulation and detoxifying. Vajra vine is also a relatively common Chinese medicine with a good effect of promoting blood circulation and activating collaterals.

The difference between King Kong Teng and Millettia reticulata is:

Millettia reticulata, also known as: blood-activating vine, pig blood vine and many other names, is a vine of the Schisandraceae family, distributed in Tibet, Hubei, Yunnan and other places in my country. Its medicinal value is to nourish blood, promote blood circulation, promote blood circulation, dispel wind and dampness. King Kong vine, also known as: Smilax glabra, iron water chestnut, King Kong root and many other names, is a plant of the Liliaceae family, Smilax glabra, mostly distributed in Tibet, Hubei, Yunnan and other places in my country. The medicinal value is to dispel wind, promote blood circulation and detoxify.

Morphological characteristics of golden vine:

Smilax china is a southwestern climbing shrub, textured, nodular. It has tuberous rhizomes; the stems are solid and thorny. The leaves are oblong-lanceolate, alternate, 5-8 cm long and 1-2 cm wide; the petiole is 0.5-0.8 cm long, the sheath is slightly less obvious, almost 1/2 the length of the petiole, and there is a pair of tendrils at the end of the sheath. There are palmate veins and reticulate veinlets, and there are often tendrils on both sides of the petiole (often regarded as modified stipules).

Flowers are unisexual and dioecious. The ovary has 3 chambers, each containing 1-2 ovules. Umbels are axillary, with inflorescence stalks 1.5 to 2 cm long and slightly flat; pedicels are 7 to 8 cm long; flowers are unisexual, dioecious; tepals are 6, separate. The fruit is a berry, green when raw, then red, and dark red when ripe.

Morphological characteristics of Millettia spatholobi:

An evergreen woody vine, glabrous, with new branches dark green and several triangular bud scales persistent at the base. The stem is dark purple-green with grayish-white lenticels, the taproot is yellowish-brown, and the cross section is dark purple. The leaves are papery, elliptical or ovate-elliptical, 6-13 cm long and 3-6 cm wide, with abruptly narrowed, short, acute or acuminate apex, broadly cuneate or obtuse base, entire margin or with sparse callose teeth, 7-10 lateral veins on each side, almost the same color on both sides after drying, and densely covered with very fine white glandular dots on the underside.

Flowers are unisexual and monoecious, male flowers: tepals are creamy yellow, 14 to 18 pieces, with transparent fine glandular dots and cilia, the largest piece is in the middle whorl, ovate or elliptical, 10 to 17 mm long, 8 to 10 mm wide; receptacle is ellipsoid, with an elongated cylindrical apex, conically protruding outside the stamen group; the stamen group is ellipsoid or nearly spherical, 6 to 8 mm in diameter, with about 60 stamens.

Kind tips:

The difference between King Kong Teng and Millettia Spatholobi is: Millettia Spatholobi, also known as Huoxue Teng, Zhuxue Teng and many other plants, is a vine of the Schisandraceae family, distributed in Tibet, Hubei, Yunnan and other places in my country, and its medicinal value is to nourish blood, promote blood circulation, promote blood circulation, dispel wind and dampness; King Kong Teng, also known as Smilax glabra, Iron Water Chestnut, King Kong Root and many other plants, is a plant of the Liliaceae family, Smilax glabra, mostly distributed in Tibet, Hubei, Yunnan and other places in my country. The medicinal value is to dispel wind, promote blood circulation and detoxify.

You can use the above introduction to distinguish between King Kong Thunbergia and Millettia reticulata. Only by accurately distinguishing the drugs can you use them correctly to treat diseases.