The difference between Panax notoginseng and Panax notoginseng

We often hear names of medicines like Panax notoginseng and Panax notoginseng, but what is the difference between these two medicines? Traditional Chinese medicine is profound and extensive, and we must learn to distinguish it. If we make a mistake, not only will the efficacy and function of the traditional Chinese medicine not be exerted, but it may also lead to adverse effects. Therefore, we must recognize the appearance and medicinal properties of traditional Chinese medicine.

We also call Panax notoginseng Panax notoginseng or Panax notoginseng. Some people also call it Tiansanqi, Panax notoginseng, etc. The efficacy and function of Panax notoginseng are very powerful. It is known as the invaluable herb, the magical herb of the south and the king of ginseng.

Panax pseudoginseng Wall. var. notoginseng (Burkill) Hoo et Tseng) is a perennial herb of the genus Panax, family Araliaceae, Apiaceae, with short rhizomes, cylindrical fleshy roots, palmate compound leaves, terminal umbels, yellow-green flowers, and cup-shaped calyx.

Also known as: Panax notoginseng, Panax notoginseng, blood mountain grass, June shower, scorpion grass. In ancient times, it was also called Zhao ginseng, blood ginseng, ginseng Panax notoginseng, Panax notoginseng, mountain lacquer, Panax notoginseng, etc.

Panax notoginseng is mainly distributed in Yunnan, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Sichuan and other places. Panax notoginseng is used as medicine with its root, which is warm in nature, spicy in taste, and has significant effects of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, reducing swelling and relieving pain. It is known as "invaluable" and "magic grass of the south". Because it is often harvested in spring and winter, it is divided into "Spring Seven" and "Winter Seven". Since Panax notoginseng is also a plant of the genus ginseng, and its effective active substances are higher and more than ginseng, it is also called the "king of ginseng" by modern Chinese medicine pharmacists. The Qing Dynasty pharmaceutical work "Supplement to Compendium of Materia Medica" records: "Ginseng is the best for replenishing qi, and Panax notoginseng is the best for replenishing blood. They have the same taste and efficacy, so they are called ginseng and Panax notoginseng. They are the most precious of Chinese medicines." The world-famous Chinese patent medicines "Yunnan Baiyao" and "Pian Zaihuang" are made with Panax notoginseng as the main raw material. It is mainly used to treat hemoptysis, hematemesis, epistaxis, bloody stool, metrorrhagia, bleeding from trauma, stabbing pain in the chest and abdomen, and swelling and pain from falls.

③ "Bencao Zaixin": enters the lung and kidney meridians.

Function and indications

Stop bleeding, disperse blood stasis, reduce swelling and relieve pain. It is used to treat vomiting blood, coughing up blood, epistaxis, bloody stool, bloody dysentery, metrorrhagia, abdominal masses, postpartum blood loss, retained lochia, blood stasis due to falls, bleeding due to trauma, and pain from carbuncles.

① "Compendium of Materia Medica": Stop bleeding, disperse blood, and relieve pain. For wounds caused by swords, arrows, falls, or sticks, which do not stop bleeding, chew the medicine into powder and apply it to the wound, or grind it into powder and mix it with the medicine, and the bleeding will stop. It also treats vomiting blood, nosebleed, bleeding, bloody diarrhea, metrorrhagia, continuous menstruation, postpartum blood loss, blood circulation, blood pain, red eyes, carbuncle, tiger bite, and snake bite.

② "Yujiu Yaojie": It harmonizes the blood circulation and stops bleeding, dredges the meridians and removes blood stasis, removes blood stasis and gathers new blood. It can break up all blood stasis in cases of postpartum, menstruation, bruises, and carbuncles; it can stop all new blood in cases of vomiting, epistaxis, metrorrhagia, knife wounds, and arrow shootings.

Above we introduced what Panax notoginseng is. We know that Panax notoginseng is a very precious Chinese medicine. It has high nutritional value and very good medicinal properties. We call Panax notoginseng the king of ginseng and the magical grass of the south. Panax notoginseng can replenish qi and blood and prevent the occurrence of many diseases. Panax notoginseng is actually Panax notoginseng. There is no difference between Panax notoginseng and Panax notoginseng.