What is the difference between the northeastern yew and the southern yew?

Difference in efficacy

Taxus chinensis

Southern yew has many functions, but most of them are mainly for health care. Southern yew can treat kidney diseases, as well as diabetes, and has a good effect in eliminating edema, urinary problems, gonorrhea, etc. In addition, it can also treat women's irregular menstruation, postpartum blood stasis, dysmenorrhea and other conditions.

Taxus chinensis

The main function is to repair body tissues damaged by cancer.

Differences in growth environment

Taxus chinensis

It mainly grows in warm temperate and subtropical climate types, likes cool and humid environment, and often grows in cool and humid environment at the foot of the mountain. The southern yew has a strong ability to adapt to the climate. The growth temperature is about 10 degrees Celsius to 15 degrees Celsius, and the lowest temperature it can adapt to is about minus 10 degrees Celsius. Southern yew has relatively high requirements for soil and prefers acidic and slightly acidic soils, such as yellow soil and yellow-brown soil.

Taxus cuspidata

It likes a relatively cool, humid and fertile environment, but the Northeast Yew does not have high requirements for the soil and can basically adapt to any environment. The Northeast Yew's tolerance to low temperatures is even more amazing, and the lowest temperature it can survive in is about minus 40 degrees Celsius. The Northeast Yew is resistant to low temperatures but not to high temperatures. When the growth temperature reaches around 30 degrees Celsius, its growth will slow down or even stagnate.