1, hosts are different
Cistanche is a perennial parasitic herb of the family Leodanaceae, genus Cistanches, is parasitized on the roots of plants in the family of Quinoa, such as pokeweed, white pokeweed, and so on; Cistanche is a perennial fleshy parasitic herb in the family of Lockjaw and the genus Lockjaw, and it is parasitized on the roots of the plant White Spur of the family of Tribulus terrestris.
2, different appearance
Cistanchiakia's fleshy stems are long cylindrical or the lower part is slightly flat, slightly curved, the color is gray-brown or brown; lock Yang's fleshy stems are ellipsoid or long columnar, the color of the dark purple-red.
3, the distribution of different
Cistanchis are mainly produced in Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia Alxa League, Gansu, Ningxia also has a distribution, the distribution range is small; lock yang is distributed in Xinjiang, Qinghai, Gansu, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi and other provinces and regions, the distribution range is wide.
4, different efficacy
are nourishing the body of the good, but Cistanch is more nourishing and gentle, does not hurt the Yin, can be taken for a long time, and laxative as well as blood better than the locking Yang; locking Yang's tonic effect is stronger, the ability to benefit from the essence of the larger, can not be taken over a long period of time, eat easy to get hot.
Who is more valuable?There are a lot of similarities between Cistanchia and Luoyang, but there are also differences between them, we need to understand the two herbs, according to its comparison, experts believe that Cistanchia is better.
The nature of Cistanchis is relatively mild, people use Cistanchis to tonify the Yang will be more healthy, while the use of lock Yang nourish the body, the medicinal properties of the stronger, may make the patient on fire, so that the two Chinese herbs are good, we should choose according to their own situation to be more suitable for it.