The difference between Bupleurum and Bupleurum

Although there is only one word difference between the name of Bupleurum and Bupleurum, the functions and medicinal properties of the two are different. Bupleurum is a traditional Chinese medicine for clearing deficiency heat, belonging to Caryophyllaceae. Its medicinal properties are sweet and cold. It enters the liver and stomach meridians. It has the functions of clearing deficiency heat and eliminating malnutrition heat. It is good at treating yin deficiency fever and infantile malnutrition. Modern pharmacological research shows that Bupleurum has the effect of anti-atherosclerosis. Bupleurum chinense is a tonic and wind-heat dispersing medicine, an umbelliferous plant. It has a hard taste and a slight cold. It mainly enters the liver and gallbladder meridians. It has the effect of relieving exterior fever, soothing liver and relieving depression, and lifting yang qi. Because Bupleurum chinense will hurt liver yin, it is not suitable for patients with excessive yang due to yin deficiency, internal movement of liver wind, excessive fire due to yin deficiency, and reverse qi flow.