Old Crane Grass and Old Stork Grass are not the same, are different two plants, but if the medicine, the efficacy is basically the same, can be used for the treatment of rheumatism paralysis, joint pain and other diseases.
Old Crane Grass Introduction
Old Crane Grass is a kind of herbaceous plant in the family of Oxalis, the plant's stem and leaves are square and cylindrical, most of them are thin and twisted, the length of 10-20 cm, the color is yellowish-green or purplish-red, and the texture is brittle and easy to break.
Introduction of the old stork grass
The old stork grass is also called the old stork mouth, through the tendons, etc., the plant's rhizome is stout and straight, stem erect, stem leaves opposite, the plant's leaves are mostly round kidney-shaped, the main places of origin in the Northeast, North China, East China and other places.
The old stork, in most parts of China are distributed. After harvesting and drying, cut into small pieces, raw use can be.
The old stork grass taste bitter, pungent, flat, no obvious cold and hot properties. It mainly belongs to the liver meridian, kidney meridian and spleen meridian.
Its main effects are: dispelling wind-dampness, opening the meridians, clearing heat and toxins, and stopping diarrhea and dysentery. Compared to previous medicines such as Lei Gong Teng, Old Stork Grass appears to have more efficacy.
Old Crane Grass and Old Stork Grass Difference
1, leaf blade difference
Old Stork Grass generally refers to the mouse palm Old Stork Grass, the plant's leaf blade to the opposite, basal leaves have a long stalk, the leaf blade for the kidney-shaped pentagonal, the old Crane Grass leaf blade for the round kidney-shaped, the top has a 5-parted, stipules for the ovate-triangular.
2, the difference between the flowers
The flowers of the mouse palm old stork grass are solitary, growing in the axils of the leaves, the plant's bracts are opposite, and the color of the flowers is white or mauve, while the inflorescences of the old cranesbill are terminal, with petals that are somewhat similar to the former, and the color of the light red or white.