1, the distribution of different

Small yellow ginger distribution in Guangdong, Hainan and Leizhou Peninsula, Guangxi, Yunnan, Taiwan and other places. Guangdong, Yunnan and have cultivation. Produced in Guangdong, Guangxi, Taiwan and other places.

Turmeric is produced in Taiwan, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Tibet and other provinces and regions of China; it is widely cultivated in East and Southeast Asia.

Yellow ginger:

Small yellow ginger:

2, properties are different

Small yellow ginger flavor pungent, hot; to the spleen; stomach meridian. It has the effect of warming the stomach and dispersing cold, eliminating food and relieving pain.

Turmeric is pungent, bitter and warm. Attributed to the spleen and liver meridians. It has the effect of breaking blood and moving qi, relieving menstrual cramps and pain.

3, the genus is different

Small yellow ginger is ginger, ginger.

And yellow ginger is Dioscoreaceae, Dioscorea perennial herb, is the world's highest content of Dioscorea saponin element species.

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