The difference between ginseng and maitake lies in the different medicinal properties, efficacy and main treatment. Ginseng is the dried tuberous root of the plant “Hao’er ginseng” of the family of Dianthus family. It is sweet, slightly bitter and flat in nature. It belongs to the spleen and lung meridian. It can benefit the qi and strengthen the spleen (regulating the qi of the spleen and stomach), and promote the production of fluids and moisten the lungs. It is used for spleen deficiency and tiredness, loss of appetite, weakness after illness, deficiency of qi and yin, spontaneous sweating (involuntary sweating during the daytime, aggravated by sweating with slight movement), thirst, and dry cough of the lungs. Ophiopogon is the dried tuberous root of Ophiopogon, family Liliaceae. It is sweet, slightly bitter and slightly cold in nature. Attributed to the heart, lung, stomach meridian. It can nourish yin and promote the production of fluids, moisturize the lung and clear the heart. It is used for lung dryness and dry cough, Yin deficiency and consumptive cough, laryngeal paralysis (pharyngeal redness, swelling and pain, or dryness, foreign body sensation, or pharyngeal itching and discomfort, difficulty in swallowing), sore throat, thirst due to fluid injury, thirst, internal heat and thirst (internal fever accompanied by symptoms such as overeating and excessive drinking, excessive urination, etc.), heartburn and insomnia, intestinal dryness and constipation. If you need to use medication, you should consult your doctor first and use it under the doctor’s guidance, do not blindly self-medicate.