What is the difference between Guan Fangfeng, Chuan Fangfeng and Yun Fangfeng

Guan Fangfeng is mainly produced in Heilongjiang, Jilin and other places. The confused varieties include "Chuan Fangfeng" and "Yun Fangfeng" produced in Yunnan, Sichuan and Guizhou. The latter two are regionally customary. What are their differences? Let's take a look together below!

Guan Fangfeng

The root of Guan Fangfeng is thick and large, with a rough surface, grayish brown. The root head has dense ring lines, the texture is soft, and the top is clustered with dark brown fibrous matter. It has a delicate fragrance and a slightly sweet and astringent taste.

Guan Fangfeng is distributed in Heilongjiang, Liaoning and Jilin. It is pungent and sweet in taste, slightly warm in nature, and enters the bladder, lung, spleen and liver meridians. It has effects such as dispelling wind and releasing the exterior, overcoming dampness and relieving pain, and stopping spasms. It is often used for exterior syndrome due to external contraction, rubella and itching, rheumatic arthralgia, tetanus, and spleen deficiency with exuberant dampness.

Chuan Fangfeng

The root of Chuan Fangfeng is small and slender, with many root scars on the surface, withered brown or grayish black, firm in texture, with no fibrous matter at the top, and a slight odor with a sweet taste.

Chuan Fangfeng is distributed in Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and other places. It is warm in nature, sweet and pungent in taste, non-toxic, and enters the three meridians of liver, spleen and bladder. It has effects such as inducing sweating and relieving pain, and dispelling wind and overcoming dampness. It is often used to treat exterior syndrome due to external contraction, headache and dizziness, joint pain, limb contracture, red eyes and sores, and tetanus.

Yun Fangfeng

The root of Yun Fangfeng is slender, with a relatively flat surface, red brown or brownish brown, firm in texture, rarely having dark brown fibrous matter at the top, aromatic in odor, and sour and astringent in taste.

Yun Fangfeng is distributed in Guizhou, Yunnan and other places. It is pungent and slightly sweet in taste, slightly warm in nature, and enters the lung, liver and spleen meridians. It has effects such as dispelling wind and overcoming dampness, relieving pain and stopping spasms. It is often used to treat colds, headache, toothache, stomach distension and pain, diarrhea, rheumatic arthralgia, paralysis, tetanus, infantile convulsions, rubella, eczema, and sores and swellings.