Panax ginseng cures diseases, but earth panax ginseng kills? What is the difference between several kinds of Panax ginseng?

Some people say that Panax quinquefolius cures diseases and Panax quinquefolius kills, so what is Panax quinquefolius in the end, whether it kills or not, and how can Panax quinquefolius be distinguished from Panax quinquefolius

The name Panax quinquefolius was first appeared in a book of Yunnan Materia Medica of the Ming Dynasty, which records, "Panax quinquefolius has a bitter flavor, and is used to treat injuries caused by bruises and falls. It is used raw to break blood, and roasted to replenish blood." However, according to later scholars, the earth panax pseudoginseng here should be the traditional Chinese medicine panax pseudoginseng. Strictly speaking, soil panax ginseng refers to the folk of certain similar to panax ginseng blood circulation pain effect of the general term of the herb.

Among them, Jingshitian Panax pseudoginseng and Chrysanthemum Panax pseudoginseng are the mainstream varieties of Panax pseudoginseng. Jingtian panax pseudoginseng is a plant of the Sedum family, which is a good thing, the whole herb is used for medicinal purposes, also known as Fei Cai, dry panax pseudoginseng, etc. It has the effect of stopping bleeding and pain, dispersing blood stasis and reducing swelling. Jingtian panax pseudoginseng is also a kind of medicinal and food health care vegetables, more nutritious, can be fried, can be stewed, can be roasted soup, did not see any liver damage related reports.

Chrysanthemum panax quinquefolium, also known as chrysanthemum leaf panax quinquefolium, is different! Chrysanthemum panax ginseng was first included in the book "Commonly Used Herbs of Tibet" published in 1971, and has not been used as medicine for a long time. Chrysanthemum Panax Ginseng can activate blood circulation and reduce swelling, and with only one word difference from Panax Ginseng, it is mistaken by many people as non-toxic. In addition, it has a relatively wide distribution and is easily available, so people often use Chrysanthemum Panax Pseudoginseng to cure diseases or use it as a health care product to keep themselves healthy. As a result, cases of liver toxicity or even death caused by taking chrysanthemum panax pseudoginseng have been reported from time to time.

Clinical and experimental reports of liver damage

Toxic manifestations:

It has been reported in the literature that two patients, who had no history of liver disease before the disease, took a large amount of Panax quinquefolium, and developed after a latent period of about 1 week, which manifested as abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting, hepatosplenomegaly, large amount of ascites, jaundice, and rapid damage to the liver function in a short period of time, and died of hepatic failure at last.

Long-term toxicity test observed that chrysanthemum alkaloids have hepatotoxicity, can cause necrosis of liver parenchyma cells in rats and rabbits, large doses of short-term use of chrysanthemum alkaloids can cause extensive hepatic necrosis in rats, small doses of long-term use in addition to causing hepatic necrosis, but also cause hepatic vein occlusion and portal vein occlusive disease.

This product is a local drug, folk have the habit of taking, in this regard, should pay attention to its hepatotoxicity, clinical use of dosage should be controlled, it is advisable to carry out regular liver function tests.

There is also a rattan panax notoginseng, is a dropwort potato, alias, dropwort potato is a dropwort family dropwort potato perennial twining vine, also known as the foreign dropwort, rattan seven. There are only two genera and three species in China, and the plant is a naturalized plant that was introduced into China in the 1970s. Vine Panax quinquefolius contains polysaccharides, flavonoids, saponins, amino acids, vitamins and other ingredients, the main part of the medicine is the bead buds, with nourishing, strengthening the waist and knees, external use can reduce swelling and dissipate blood stasis, the main treatment of paralysis of the waist and knees, after the illness of the body is weak, external treatment of bruises, bone fractures. Potato extract has the effect of scavenging oxygen free radicals and anti-lipid peroxidation. The leaves and shoots of Loligo sativa can be eaten as vegetables. The leaves and bead shoots of Garcinia Cambogia are edible, with comprehensive nutrients and special efficacy components. Especially the iron content is high, each 100 grams of leaves contain about 2 mg of iron

Having said that, can you tell what panax pseudoginseng are in the three pictures below?