The two are not the same as burdock, they are different in terms of plant species, flavor and attribution, efficacy, main treatment and so on. 1. Botanical species: Niu Dali is the root of the beautiful yatou vine of the legume family; burdock seed is the dried mature fruit of burdock of the daisy family. 2. Sexual flavor and meridian: Niu Dali is sweet in taste and flat in nature, and belongs to the kidney, spleen and lung meridian; burdock seed is pungent and bitter in taste and cold in nature, and belongs to the lung and stomach meridian. 3. Efficacy: Niu Dali has the effect of tonifying the deficiency and moistening the lung, strengthening the tendons and activating the collaterals; burdock has the effect of evacuating wind-heat, promoting the lung and expelling phlegm, facilitating the pharynx and penetrating rashes (facilitating the pharynx and penetrating the rashes), and detoxifying and eliminating the swelling. 4. Indications: Burdock is mainly used for the treatment of lung deficiency cough, lung-heat cough, rheumatic arthralgia, chronic tendon injuries and other diseases. Burdock is mainly used for the treatment of wind-heat colds, warm diseases, sore throat, measles impermeable hair, sores, carbuncles and swollen toxins, dengtoxin (acute infectious diseases, visible skin red like painted), mumps and other diseases. It should be noted that the adverse reactions and contraindications of Niu Dali are not clear, and burdock is not suitable for patients with spleen deficiency and loose stools. If you need to use the two drugs, it is recommended to go to a regular hospital, under the guidance of a professional physician to identify the symptoms.