Ginseng’s effect is to replenish vital energy, restore normal pulse, prevent and treat deficiency, tonify the spleen and the lungs, promote blood circulation, tranquilize the spirit and benefit the intellect; it can be used for treating deficiency of the body, cold limbs and weak pulse, deficiency of the spleen, lack of food, asthma and coughing of the lungs, thirst due to injury of fluids, thirst due to internal heat (internal fever accompanied by symptoms such as overeating, excessive drinking, excessive urination, etc.), deficiency of the body’s vital energy and blood, deficiency of the body due to prolonged illness, palpitations, insomnia, and impotence and coldness in the uterus.
Ginseng is the dried root and rhizome of ginseng, which is a plant of the family Wujiaceae. It is mostly dug in the fall, washed and dried in the sun or dried in the sun, and the cultivated ginseng is commonly known as “gardens ginseng”; and the one which is sown in the wild in the mountains and forests and grows naturally in the wild state is known as “forest ginseng”, and is commonly known as “seed sea”. Ginseng is a kind of ginseng that is slightly warm in nature and has a sweet flavor.
Ginseng is mildly warm in nature, sweet and slightly bitter in taste, and belongs to spleen, lung, heart and kidney meridians. It has the effects of tonifying vital energy, restoring the pulse, tonifying the spleen, nourishing the lungs, generating fluids and nourishing the blood, and tranquilizing the spirit and benefiting the intellect, and can be used in treating deficiency of the body, cold limbs with a weak pulse, spleen deficiency with little food, lung deficiency with asthma and coughing, fluid injury with thirst, thirst with internal heat, deficiency of qi and blood, deficiency of the long term disease, palpitations and insomnia, and impotence with coldness of the uterus.
The adverse effects of ginseng are not clear, and it should not be used together with quinoa and wulingzhi.
Ginseng should be taken under the guidance of a physician, do not self-medicate or increase the dose without authorization, to avoid causing adverse consequences.