Whether ginseng is effective in excessive sweating depends on the situation. If excessive sweating is caused by deficiency of the surface (weak muscle surface leading to abnormal sweating), ginseng has certain effect.
Excessive sweating can be caused by deficiency of the surface, internalized evil heat, internalized dampness and heat, and yin deficiency, etc. Excessive sweating caused by deficiency of the surface can be manifested as sweating and wind, shortness of breath, dizziness and tinnitus.
Ginseng is used as medicine after drying the root and rhizome, which is sweet, slightly bitter and mildly warm in nature, and can enter the spleen, lung, kidney and heart meridians. It has the effects of replenishing vital energy, restoring the normal pulse and preventing deficiencies, tonifying the spleen, benefiting the lungs, promoting the production of body fluid and nourishing the blood, and tranquilizing the spirit and benefiting the intellect, and it can be clinically used in the treatment of deficiency of the spleen with low food intake, deficiency in blood and qi, and deficiency of the body fluid, and thirst, etc. The adverse effects of ginseng are not clear.
The adverse effects of ginseng are not clear. It is contraindicated in solid and hot cases, and should not be used alone for a long period of time for those with fullness in the epigastrium (stomach and abdomen) and those with heat in yin deficiency, and should not be used together with wuling yu and quinquefolium. Patients with excessive sweating caused by deficiency of the surface can use ginseng under the guidance of traditional Chinese medicine, and should not take ginseng blindly on their own.