There are differences between hyssop and Sichuan hyssop in terms of appearance and odor, efficacy and action.
1. Appearance and odor: the appearance of hyssop is a cylindrical segment, the outer skin is light brown or grayish yellow, the cut surface is light brown or brown, the odor is slightly sweet and slightly bitter. The appearance of Sichuan hyssop is round or oval, the outer skin is grayish brown or yellowish brown, the cut surface is light yellow or brownish yellow, and the smell is slightly sweet.
2. Efficacy: Cow’s Knee has the effects of diuretic and diaphoretic (to improve the problem of dribbling in urine and urination), inducing blood to flow downward, tonifying the liver and kidney, strengthening the bones and tendons, and expelling blood stasis and clearing the meridians (to remove blood stasis and dredge the meridians).
The main effects of Szechuan hyssop are to expel blood stasis and promote circulation of menstruation, promote joint mobilization, and promote diuresis and diuresis. Although the effects of these two herbs are close to each other, hyssop focuses on tonifying the liver and kidney, while hyssop focuses on activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis (promoting blood circulation and eliminating blood stasis in the body).
3. Functions: Bovine Knee is used for dysmenorrhea and amenorrhea, lumbar and knee weakness (a feeling of soreness and weakness in the lumbar and knee regions), gonorrhea (increased frequency of urination, dribbling and astringent pain), oedema and dizziness, vertigo and toothache, vomiting of blood, epistaxis, mouth sores, and weakness of the muscles and bones.
Szechuan hyssop is used in conditions such as cystocele incontinence (the placenta cannot be delivered after a long period of time after the fetus has been delivered), bruises and injuries, rheumatism and paralysis, menstrual obstruction and obstruction in the mass (lumps in women’s lower abdomen), hematochezia in the urine (the appearance of blood in the urine accompanied by a feeling of pain), and impotence of the feet with contracture of the tendons.
Both hyssop and hyssop should be used with caution in pregnant women, and the use of these two herbs must be directed by a doctor.