Ginseng is not maitake, ginseng and maitake are two kinds of traditional Chinese medicines, ginseng can be used for treating spleen deficiency and body fatigue, etc., maitake can be used for treating yin deficiency and labor cough, etc..
Ginseng is the dried tuberous root of the plant Siamese ginseng, and maitake is the dried tuberous root of the plant Maitake, which is a member of the lily family. In terms of medicinal properties, Radix Panax Ginseng has a sweet, slightly bitter flavor and is flat in nature, and is attributed to the spleen and lung meridians; Maitake Dung has a sweet, slightly bitter flavor and is slightly cold in nature, and is attributed to the heart, lung and stomach meridians.
In terms of efficacy and indications, Radix Panax Ginseng has the effect of strengthening the spleen, moistening the lungs and promoting the production of body fluid, and can be used for post-disease weakness, deficiency of qi and yin, thirst and spontaneous sweating (involuntary sweating during the day, aggravated by sweating with slight movement), spleen deficiency and body fatigue, loss of appetite, and lung dryness and dry cough.
Ophiopogon has the effect of nourishing yin and generating fluids, moistening the lung and clearing the heart, and can be used for dry lung cough, cough with deficiency of yin, laryngeal paralysis (pharyngeal redness, swelling and pain, or dryness, with a foreign body sensation, or pharyngeal itching and discomfort, dysphagia), sore throat, fluid injury and thirst, internal heat and thirst (internal fever accompanied by symptoms such as overeating and excessive urination), heartburn and insomnia, and intestinal dryness and constipation.
Be cautious of using Radix et Rhizoma Ginseng if there is no deficiency of positive qi in the body, and the adverse effects of Radix et Rhizoma Ginseng are not clear. The adverse reactions and contraindications of Ophiopogon are not clear.
If you need to use the above drugs, please under the guidance of a professional physician to identify the evidence, do not self-medication, so as not to affect your health.