The difference between the leaves of the bamboo and the leaves of the bamboo is that there are differences in the source of the drug, flavor, efficacy and precautions for the use of medication. 1. Different sources of drugs: Mangosteen leaves are the dried stems and leaves of Mangosteen leaves of Gramineae; Bamboo leaves are the dried leaves of Mangosteen of Gramineae. 2. Different tastes: Mangosteen leaves taste sweet, light, cold, to the heart, stomach, small intestine meridian; bamboo leaves taste sweet, pungent, light, cold, to the heart, stomach, small intestine meridian. 3. Efficacy is different: light bamboo leaves have the effect of clearing heat and fire (clearing the body of heat and fire), removing annoyance, diuretic. The main treatment of fever and thirst, mouth and tongue sores, yellow urine, burning and astringent pain in the urethra; bamboo leaves have the effect of clearing away heat and fire, in addition to the annoyance, the production of fluids, diuretic effect. The main treatment of fever and thirst, mouth and tongue sores, yellow urine, urethra burning astringent pain. 4. medication precautions are different: no real fire, dampness and heat, caution, cold deficiency is prohibited to take light bamboo leaves; Yin deficiency fire (Yin essence loss, there is a deficiency of fire exuberance), bone vapor tide heat (heat like from the inside of the bones, and like the tide with a certain degree of regularity) people avoid using bamboo leaves. There are some similarities between the leaves of the light bamboo and the bamboo leaves, but they are two different kinds of Chinese medicines, and care should be taken to distinguish them from each other when they are actually used. Chinese medicines should be used under the guidance of a professional Chinese medicine practitioner, and should not be used blindly on their own to avoid adverse consequences.