1, the difference between the first: the main efficacy of different
Reed: the function of the main treatment of fever, thirst, stomach heat vomiting, lung heat cough, carbuncle spitting pus, hot shower astringent pain.
Reed stems: the function of the main treatment of canker sores.
2, the difference between two: different shapes
Reed root: long cylindrical or flat cylindrical, length varies, diameter of about 1.5 centimeters. Surface yellow-white, glossy, apex pointed like a bamboo shoot, green or yellow-green. All have nodes, the internodes are 10-17 centimeters long, there are residual fibrous roots and bud marks on the nodes. The texture is light and tough, not easy to break. Transverse section of yellow-white, hollow, peripheral wall thickness of about 1.5 millimeters, can be seen arranged in a ring of fine holes, the outer skin is loose, can be peeled off.
Reed stem: long cylindrical, 30cm long, 0.4-0.6cm in diameter, yellow-white surface, smooth, glossy. Some of them have longitudinal wrinkles on one side, the internodes are 10-17cm long, the nodes are slightly enlarged, some of them have remnants of leaf sheaths, the leaf sheaths are covered with brownish-brown ring patterns, some of them have 3-5mm wide powder bands underneath, and the inner surfaces are light white, and some of them have remnants of tomentose medullary transverse membranes.
Extended information:
Reeds, perennial tall herbs, 1-3 m high. underground stems stout, transversely walking, hollow between nodes, with buds at nodes. Stem erect, hollow. Leaves 2 columns, alternate, leaf sheath cylindrical, ligule hairy; leaf blade flattened, 15-45cm long, 1-3.5cm wide, edge rough.
Spike arranged in a large panicle, terminal, 20-40cm long, slightly pendulous, lower peduncle white pilose in axils; spikelets usually 4-7-flowered, 10-16cm long; 1st flower usually male, glumes lanceolate, unequal.
1st glume half as long as or shorter than 2nd glume, lemma longer than palea, smoothly spreading; flowers bisexual, stamens 3, pistil 1, styles 2, stigmas plumose. Caryopsis ellipsoid, separated from palea. Flowers, fruiting July-October.
Baidu Encyclopedia - Rutabaga
Baidu Encyclopedia - Rutabaga Root