There is a difference between Vine Panax Ginseng and Panax Ginseng, they are two different kinds of traditional Chinese medicines, with different drug sources and different effects and functions.
1. Different sources of drugs: Vine panax pseudoginseng is the dried tuberous bead buds on the vine of the plant Lobeliaceae. Panax pseudoginseng is the dried root and rhizome of Panax pseudoginseng of the family Wujiaceae.
2. The efficacy and function of the drugs are different: Vine Panax notoginseng is warm in nature, slightly bitter in taste, with the effect of dispersing blood stasis and eliminating swelling, tonifying the kidney and strengthening the waist. It can be used for bruises and fractures, and is also used for lumbar and knee soreness and weakness after illness. Its adverse reactions, contraindications and precautions are not clear at present.
Panax notoginseng is warm in nature, sweet and slightly bitter in taste, and has the effect of subduing swelling and relieving pain, dispersing blood stasis and stopping bleeding. It is used for treating hematemesis, hematochezia, hematuria, hemoptysis, bruises, postpartum blood stasis and abdominal pain. Its adverse reactions and contraindications are still unclear, note that pregnant women should be cautious.
Garcinia Cambogia and Panax ginseng should be applied according to the condition and under the guidance of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, and should not be used on its own to avoid adverse consequences.