How to tell Panax notoginseng and Salvia miltiorrhiza apart? Four tricks to tell them apart easily
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When it comes to Panax notoginseng, everyone probably knows about it. It not only promotes blood circulation and removes blood stasis, delays aging, but also boosts immunity, so it is highly favored by people. However, its appearance is similar to that of Salvia miltiorrhiza, so many people cannot tell them apart. So what is the difference between Panax notoginseng and Salvia miltiorrhiza?
1. Different families and genera
Panax notoginseng is a perennial upright herbaceous plant in the Araliaceae family, Panax tribe, Panax genus; Salvia miltiorrhiza is a perennial upright herbaceous plant in the Lamiaceae family, Salvia tribe, Salvia genus, Salvia subgenus.
2. Different places of origin
Panax notoginseng is produced in Yunnan and Guangxi, but Yunnan is the main producing area, especially the counties of Wenshan in Yunnan, where the output is the largest, making it a famous genuine medicinal material; Salvia miltiorrhiza is produced in Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi and Hunan, and is also distributed in Japan.
3. Different appearance
The main root of Panax notoginseng is conical or cylindrical, with a grayish-brown or grayish-yellow surface, several obvious stem scars and ring lines, a grayish-green or white center in cross-section, and dark green or gray edges; the rhizome of Salvia miltiorrhiza is thick and short with many fine roots, long cylindrical in shape, and generally the old root bark is looser and purple-brown.
4. Different effects
Panax notoginseng has the effects of stopping bleeding and dispersing blood stasis, reducing swelling and relieving pain, and is generally used for traumatic bleeding, vomiting blood, swelling and pain from falls and bruises; Salvia miltiorrhiza has the effects of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, dredging meridians and relieving pain, clearing the heart and relieving restlessness, cooling blood and reducing abscesses, and is generally used for restlessness and insomnia, dysmenorrhea and amenorrhea, irregular menstruation and other conditions.