Can I take red ginseng if I have high blood pressure?

Patients with hypertension can take red ginseng. According to the theory of Chinese medicine, hypertension belongs to the category of headache and dizziness, and the imbalance of liver and kidney yin and yang is the key pathological change of hypertension, the lesion is in the liver, the root is in the kidney, the vital energy is weakened and the kidney energy is insufficient. Therefore, hypertension follows the principle that the innate qi originates from the kidney and the acquired qi originates from the spleen. Ginseng can be used to nourish the middle and benefit the qi and nourish the liver and kidney, which can achieve better antihypertensive efficacy. In the study, it was found that red ginseng has the effect of regulating blood pressure in both directions, raising it in small doses and lowering it in large doses. So for red ginseng, together with hypertension, it is necessary to take a holistic view of the regulating effect of red ginseng on the organism.