The difference between the medicinal use of sow’s berry and gibberellic acid is that sow’s berry is mainly used for bone fractures, while gibberellic acid can be used for a variety of conditions, such as kidney deficiency and dreaming, asthma, cough and phlegm in lung heat. Both drugs need to be used under the guidance of a doctor.
Sow’s vine is the stem and leaves of the vine plant sow’s vine, has the effect of soothing and activating the blood, the main treatment of bone fracture, this drug in the clinical application is less. Gynostemma is the whole grass or rhizome of the plant gynostemma of the Cucurbitaceae family, bitter taste and cold nature, with expectorant cough, clearing heat and detoxification effect, decoction or powder swallowing, on the lungs hot cough and phlegm, kidney deficiency dreaming, asthma and other diseases effectively.
Gynostemma and have moistening dryness and cough, clearing heat and phlegm of the mother of Tricholoma, can improve the dryness and heat in the lungs, qi and yin deficiency of cough and phlegm viscous. And good at strengthening the spleen and lungs, tonifying the qi and generating fluids with ginseng, can improve the spleen and stomach qi and yin deficiency of distraction, thirst and dry throat. This drug should not be used in patients with deficiency cold syndrome. The adverse reactions of the above drugs are not clear.
Sow vine and gibberellic acid are two completely different Chinese medicines, there is a clear difference in medicinal use, patients need to combine with their own conditions, under the guidance of a doctor to choose the medication.