Red ginseng is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine. It is the steamed dried root and rhizome of the cultivated ginseng of the family Wugangaceae, with a sweet, slightly bitter taste and slightly warm nature, and it belongs to the meridians of the spleen, lungs, heart and kidneys. Red ginseng has the effects of tonifying the vital energy (replenishing the root energy of the body), restoring the pulse and stabilizing loss (restoring the normal pulse and preventing loss of substance), and benefiting the qi and taking in blood (preventing bleeding by tonifying the qi). Red ginseng is often used in treating deficiency of the body with the desire to shed, cold limbs and weak pulse, failure of qi to take in blood, discharging of blood in the case of collapse and leakage (excessive menstruation or dripping), etc. Children with the above indications can take red ginseng under the guidance of a physician for identification of indications. Red ginseng should not be used together with quinquefolium and wulingzhi, the adverse effects of which are not yet known. If there is a need for medication, it should be used under the guidance of doctor’s diagnosis and should not be used blindly on its own to avoid adverse effects.