You can drink ginseng water for qi deficiency cold, but not for wind-cold, wind-heat, summer-dampness cold. Cold is a disease in which the human body is affected by wind-cold and dampness, resulting in symptoms such as fatigue, nasal congestion, runny nose, fever, and malignant cold (fear of cold), etc. It can be categorized into four types: qi deficiency, wind-cold, wind-heat, and summer-dampness. Ginseng has the effect of tonifying the middle Jiao (treating deficiency of qi by tonifying the spleen) and strengthening the spleen and lungs (strengthening the functions of the spleen and lungs), so drinking ginseng water for qi deficiency cold is good for relieving the condition, while drinking ginseng water for wind-cold, wind-heat and summer-dampness colds will promote the evil qi in the body, which will lead to aggravation of the condition. Therefore, it is not recommended to take ginseng water for this kind of patients. In conclusion, whether you can drink ginseng water for cold needs to be analyzed according to the type of cold. It should be noted that ginseng should not be used with quinoa, and its adverse effects are not yet clear. If you have any uncomfortable symptoms, you need to go to the hospital as soon as possible, do not blindly drink ginseng water, so as not to delay the condition.