Ginseng is not recommended for people with “bad liver”, ginseng is not recommended for people with liver insufficiency, and ginseng has no role in treating liver diseases in Chinese medicine.
Ginseng is not suitable for children, pregnant women, hypertensive patients, liver dysfunction patients, etc. Ginseng is also not suitable for those who suffer from heat flashes (a burst of fever), night sweating (abnormal sweating after sleeping, but sweating stops after waking up), or those who suffer from wind-cold cold and flu.
Ginseng, slightly warm in nature, sweet and slightly bitter in taste, belongs to the spleen, lung, heart and kidney meridians, has the function of tonifying the vital energy (replenishing the body’s root qi), not suitable for the spleen and lungs, restoring the normal pulse and preventing the substance from coming out, benefiting the blood and generating fluids, and tranquilizing the spirit and benefiting the intellect (stabilizing the mind and promoting the development of the intellect).
Ginseng is suitable for weak constitution, cold limbs, weak pulse, coughing, thirst, deficiency of qi and blood, palpitation (rapid heartbeat, often accompanied by panic) and insomnia.
For liver diseases in Chinese medicine, such as liver qi stagnation (liver qi is not smooth), liver yin insufficiency, etc., ginseng is not applicable, and ginseng does not belong to the liver meridian, does not have the effect of tonifying the liver, dredging the liver.
Therefore, ginseng is not recommended to be used for “bad liver”, and it is recommended to choose other Chinese medicines under the guidance of a doctor to regulate the liver.