Jianqu and Shenqu mainly differ in drug composition, flavor, efficacy and main treatment. 1. Drug composition: Jianqu is made of flour, bran, thorns, thick park, atractylodes, fengfeng, wood, etc. more than 40 flavors of mixed fermentation; while Shenqu is generally made of flour, artemisia, almonds, polygonum, cang’er, etc. mixed fermentation. 2. Characteristics and taste: Jianqu has a bitter taste and is slightly warm in nature; Shenqu has a pungent, sweet taste and is warm in nature. 3. Efficacy: Jianqu has the efficacy of eliminating food and resolving stagnation (digesting stagnant food), regulating qi and strengthening the spleen (regulating qi and strengthening the spleen), and harmonizing the stomach and resolving dampness. In addition to treating dietary stagnation, it can also treat summer dampness diarrhea (diarrhea caused by summer dampness in the summer), and vomiting, etc. Shenqu, on the other hand, only has the efficacy of eliminating food and harmonizing the stomach, and it can be mainly used to treat dietary stagnation. The above medicines should be used only after identification by a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, and should not be used arbitrarily to avoid adverse consequences.