Although there are similarities in efficacy between "soil pseudo-ginseng" and "pseudo-ginseng", they both have the effects of removing silt, relieving swelling and pain, and clearing away heat and toxic materials, but they come from different families of plants, and more importantly, their toxicity is completely different! Notoginseng is non-toxic and a valuable Chinese herbal medicine. Radix Notoginseng is highly toxic and contains pyrrolidine alkaloids, which can cause damage to endothelial cells of liver and hepatic venules, lead to hepatic venules obstruction, liquefaction and necrosis of liver cells to varying degrees, and liver fibrosis can be seen in the late stage. Patients have symptoms such as liver enlargement, right upper abdominal pain, ascites and jaundice, and once this damage is formed, it is often irreversible and eventually develops into liver failure or intractable ascites!
1. The difference in appearance between Radix Notoginseng and Radix Notoginseng can be distinguished from the leaf shape and flower shape.
The leaves of Panax notoginseng in Araliaceae are plump and look like open palms. Six or seven leaves stretch out in different directions, and the flowers of Panax notoginseng are red.
The leaf shape of Panax notoginseng is relatively small, the leaves are symmetrically long along the stem, and the flowers of Panax notoginseng are yellow.
2. The efficacy difference between Radix Notoginseng and Radix Notoginseng is that Radix Notoginseng can treat mental anxiety, palpitation and insomnia, irritability and depression, sores, hematemesis, hemoptysis, knife wounds, burns, scorpion poison, etc. Recommend a traditional Chinese medicine prescription for treating children's vexation with heat and convulsion, take a proper amount of Sedum, and take a bath with decoction, which can only be used externally.
Panax notoginseng is mainly used for treating traumatic injury, hematemesis and hemoptysis, coronary heart disease, cerebral thrombosis, hypercholesterolemia, beauty and freckle removal for women, and invigorating qi to refresh and strengthen the body for men. It is a health care product, and its preciousness can be compared with that of ginseng, so it is called Panax notoginseng.
Therefore, Panax notoginseng is a valuable health care product, and although the effect of Panax notoginseng is similar to that of Panax notoginseng, it is highly toxic, and once eaten, it will hurt the liver and kill people.