Although these two plants are both named Adenophora adenophora, they belong to completely different disciplines. It can also be seen that the difference between the two traditional Chinese medicines is quite big, so in daily life, Adenophora adenophora belongs to Campanulaceae, while Radix Glehniae belongs to Umbelliferae. We know that the classification of plants is divided into boundaries, phyla, class, order, family, genus and species, and as a relatively large family, we can see that the difference between the two Chinese medicines is actually quite large.
3. The two plants have different effects. As we know, Glehnia littoralis can help our body clear away lung-heat, relieve cough and treat phlegm, but its main function is to help people achieve the effect of relieving pain.