Western ginseng is not recommended for kidney yang deficiency. In the treatment of kidney yang deficiency, it is advisable to use medicines that warm yang qi, and American ginseng is a yin nourishing product, which is cold in nature. Taking American ginseng for kidney yang deficiency is not the right medicine, and may have the risk of aggravating the symptoms of yang deficiency. Therefore, it is not recommended to take American ginseng for kidney yang deficiency. Kidney yang deficiency is a syndrome in Chinese medicine, which is mainly manifested as dizziness, lumbar and knee soreness, cold limbs, mental fatigue, shortness of breath or shortness of breath, pale or sallow color, pale tongue with white moss, and slow and weak pulse, etc. It is advisable to warm and tonify kidney yang (warming the kidneys). Warming and tonifying Kidney-Yang (warming and replenishing Kidney-Yang) is the appropriate treatment. American ginseng is a qi tonic. It is sweet, slightly bitter and cool in nature. It belongs to the heart meridian, lung meridian and kidney meridian. Its functions are to replenish qi, nourish yin, clear heat and generate body fluid. It is used in treating internal heat, coughing up blood and sputum, deficiency heat and irritability, dry throat and tongue, and thirst caused by deficiency of both qi and yin (deficiency of both qi and yin). The drug should not be used with veratrum. Caution should be exercised if there is deficiency of middle yang, obstruction of cold and dampness, or dampness, heat and fire. If you have symptoms related to kidney yang deficiency, it is recommended to consult a doctor in a timely manner, and not to blindly use medication on your own, so as not to delay the condition.