Water Pinellia: there are 3 to 4 leaves, one of which is big, the other is small, and the shape of the leaf distribution is special.
Pinellia: leaves 2 to 5, sometimes there will be 1 phenomenon
Water Pinellia: the flowering period of water Pinellia is from April to may, while the fruiting period is from June to August.
Pinellia: the flowering period of Pinellia is from May to July, while the fruiting period is August.
Other differences are just for us to distinguish other people, but the efficacy can never be mixed
Water Pinellia in traditional Chinese medicine is also called mad dog potato, tiansanqi, pinellia, soil Pinellia and so on. Don't think it is the same kind of medicinal material as Pinellia. Water Pinellia can treat bronchitis, cough, phlegm, insect bite, nameless swelling, carbuncle, boils and other diseases, and can be used internally or externally.
Pinellia has different names in different places. For example, in Shandong Province, it's called Corvus taro, Corvus eye, coreless vegetable, tianlixin, etc.; in Jiangsu Province, it's called Earth Star, Corvus head, wild taro, laoshangkou, laohuangzui, etc.; in Yunnan Province, it's called Earth pearl pinellia, and in Guizhou Province, it's called taro fruit, etc. it can be seen how widespread the distribution of Pinellia is. It can treat carbuncle, swollen phlegm, and plum kernel. The symptoms of Qi, chest and epigastric fullness, vomiting and regurgitation, phlegm and headache, wind phlegm dizziness, phlegm and drink dizziness and palpitation, phlegm and excessive cough and asthma, etc.
From this we can see that although they have the same name, but the efficacy is different, and the country also has clear provisions, can not use water Pinellia instead of Pinellia.
