Codonopsis pilosula and Angelica sinensis are not a kind of traditional Chinese medicine, and their medicinal properties, efficacy, indications and contraindications are different.
Codonopsis is the dried root of Codonopsis pilosula, Codonopsis pilosula, or Codonopsis pilosula; Angelica sinensis is the dried root of Angelica sinensis, a plant of the Umbelliferae family.
In terms of medicinal properties, Codonopsis is sweet, flat, and goes to the spleen and lung meridians; Angelica sinensis is sweet, pungent, and warm, and goes to the heart, liver, and spleen meridians. In terms of efficacy, Radix Codonopsis pilosulae is beneficial to the lungs and the spleen, generating body fluid and nourishing blood, while Radix Angelicae Sinensis has the effects of promoting blood circulation and tonifying blood, laxative and laxative, regulating menstruation and relieving pain.
In terms of indications, Radix Panax Ginseng can be used for deficiency of qi and blood, dizziness, yellowish color, shortness of breath and palpitation; deficiency of spleen and lung qi, shortness of breath and coughing, tiredness and lack of food; internal heat and thirst (internal heat accompanied by symptoms such as eating, drinking and urinating), injury to qi and qin, thirst and shortness of breath.
Angelica sinensis can be used for blood deficiency, blood stasis of dysmenorrhea, menstrual irregularities; blood deficiency, atrophy, palpitation and dizziness; blood deficiency, intestinal dryness and constipation; carbuncle (a kind of poisonous sores, which occurs on the surface of the body, limbs, internal organs of the acute suppurative disease) sores, cold abdominal pain, bruises and so on.
In terms of contraindications, Codonopsis pilosula should not be used with quinoa, the adverse effects are not clear; Codonopsis pilosula is contraindicated for people with dampness (too much dampness leading to fullness and discomfort in the spleen and stomach) and loose stools, the adverse effects are not clear.
Chinese medicine needs to be used under the guidance of Chinese medicine practitioners, and should not be used privately, so as not to cause damage to the organism.