American ginseng can relieve the symptoms of diabetes such as dry mouth, thirst and fatigue to a certain extent, but it does not have the effect of lowering sugar. American ginseng is a qi tonic with the effect of benefiting qi and nourishing yin (tonifying qi and yin fluids), and can be used to treat symptoms such as coughing and wheezing, dry throat and mouth, blood in sputum, thirst, fatigue, and dryness of stools, etc., which are caused by yin deficiency and fire exuberance (deficiency of yin essence and hyperactivity of deficiency fire in the body). Common clinical manifestations of diabetes mellitus include dry mouth, fatigue, thirst, excessive drinking, polyphagia, polyuria, etc. American ginseng can alleviate the symptoms of dry mouth, thirst, fatigue, etc. to a certain extent, but it does not have the effect of lowering blood glucose, and diabetic patients need to undergo regular glucose-lowering treatment. Diabetes is a disease that can not be completely cured, should be in the doctor’s evidence under the guidance of the application of American ginseng, and can not be privately discontinued the use of western medicine with hypoglycemic effect, so as not to increase blood sugar, damage to the body.