The difference between notopterygium and angelica pubescens

Notopterygium incisum and Radix Angelicae Pubescentis can dispel wind and damp to relieve pain, induce sweating and relieve exterior syndrome, and are used to treat wind-cold-dampness arthralgia and exogenous wind-cold-dampness exterior syndrome. Notopterygium root has a strong smell, mainly entering the bladder meridian, and has a strong ability to disperse the knot and relieve the exterior. It can reach directly to the top of the head, cross limbs and arms, and treat pathogenic wind, so it is often used for rheumatism and arthralgia. Radix Angelicae Pubescentis is light in taste and warm in nature. It mainly enters the kidney meridian, but moves down to the inside. Good at getting rid of rheumatism between waist and knees, can treat rheumatism in the body well, and has a strong effect of expelling wind and removing dampness. It is a common and important drug for treating rheumatism, but its curative effect is not as good as that of Notopterygium. Generally speaking, Notopterygium Notopterygium is used for rheumatalgia above the bust, and Radix Angelicae Pubescentis is used for rheumatalgia below the bust.