What is the difference between Panax notoginseng flowers and ginseng flowers?
Panax notoginseng flowers and ginseng flowers both belong to a kind of precious Chinese herbal medicine, and both have a very long history of cultivation and medicinal use in China, and in terms of species both belong to the Araliaceae family in the order Apiales, so how are the two distinguished?
1. The differences between Panax notoginseng flowers and ginseng flowers
In length, Panax notoginseng flowers are much longer than ginseng flowers; in terms of flower buds, Panax notoginseng flower buds are dense, generally with 50-100 buds, while ginseng flower buds are loosely arranged, generally only 30-50; in appearance, Panax notoginseng flowers are green without white dots, while ginseng flowers are green with small white flowers; finally, in terms of medicinal effects, the effects of Panax notoginseng flowers are far stronger than those of ginseng flowers. Ginseng flowers are mild in nature, while Panax notoginseng flowers are cool in nature. Panax notoginseng flowers are mainly used to lower blood pressure, lower blood lipids, reduce weight, promote body fluid production and quench thirst, and refresh the mind and supplement qi, while ginseng flowers have the effects of strengthening the heart and tonifying the kidneys, promoting body fluid production and quenching thirst, tonifying the kidneys and strengthening the stomach, and calming the mind and enhancing intelligence.
In China, Panax notoginseng flowers are mainly distributed in Jiangxi, Hubei, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan and other places, mostly growing wild under mountain forests, and are now mostly cultivated on mountain-foot slopes at an altitude of 800-1000m, on gentle earthen mounds, or under artificial shade sheds; while wild ginseng flowers are distributed in northern Hebei, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang and other places, and are now widely cultivated in Liaoning and Jilin.
2. The effects of Panax notoginseng flowers and ginseng flowers
It is recorded in the Compendium of Materia Medica that Panax notoginseng and ginseng have the same flavor and also the same effects, and the two have similar effects in nourishing and strengthening the body and in enriching and nourishing the blood, but the intensity of their effects differs. The pharmacological effects of Panax notoginseng are mainly manifested in protecting the heart, significantly improving the oxygen supply capacity of the myocardium, and increasing coronary flow; while the pharmacological effects of ginseng are directly exciting the myocardium, playing a cardiotonic role; and inhibiting platelet aggregation, used to treat arterial thrombotic diseases, lowering heart rate and vascular resistance, and stimulating immune function to produce a strengthening effect.
That is all we will say about Panax notoginseng flowers and ginseng flowers. When using Panax notoginseng flowers and ginseng flowers to treat illness, it is still necessary to follow medical advice, and it is best not to take them at will.