Taken together, tai zi ginseng and maitake can help improve a variety of conditions such as spleen deficiency, body fatigue, deficiency of qi and yin, dry lung and dry cough, and thirst due to injury of fluids.
Ginseng is sweet and slightly bitter, entering the spleen meridian to benefit qi and strengthen the spleen, and going to the lung meridian to promote the production of fluid and moisturize the lungs. It is effective in treating weak spleen qi (weak spleen qi), stomach yin deficiency (insufficient yin fluid in the stomach) such as loss of appetite, tiredness and fatigue, dryness of the mouth and tongue, as well as post-disease weakness, dry lung and dry cough, and so on.
Ophiopogon enters the heart, lung and stomach meridians, is good at nourishing yin and generating fluids, moistening the lungs and clearing the heart, and is suitable for dry cough of the lungs, internal heat and thirst (internal heat accompanied by symptoms such as eating more, drinking more and urinating more), heartburn, insomnia, and consumptive coughs due to deficiency of yin.
Taken together, tai zi ginseng and maitake can enhance the efficacy of moistening the lungs and generating fluids, which can improve the symptoms of lung dryness and dry cough, fluid injury and thirst, as well as have curative effects on the symptoms of spleen deficiency and body fatigue, qi and yin insufficiency, and heartburn and insomnia.
It is also effective in treating spleen deficiency, body fatigue, deficiency of qi and yin, and heartburn and insomnia. Maitake ginseng is not recommended for those who have loose stools in spleen deficiency, those who have phlegm in the lungs and stomach, those who have dampness and turbidity in the lungs and stomach, and those who have cough with wind-cold at the beginning of the day.
If it is necessary to take Radix et Rhizoma Ginseng and Radix et Rhizoma Ophiopogonis together, it must be instructed by a professional Chinese medicine practitioner.