Panax ginseng is powdered into panax ginseng powder, which can be swallowed directly with a dosage of 1 to 3 g. American ginseng is usually decocted separately with a dosage of 3 to 6 g per oral intake.
Panax pseudoginseng is sweet and slightly bitter in taste, and belongs to the liver and stomach meridians. It can dissolve blood stasis and stop bleeding, and is effective for both oral and external use. It can also activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis (promoting blood circulation and eliminating blood stasis in the body) and relieve pain, and is commonly used in the treatment of trauma. The adverse reactions and contraindications of this product are not clear, pregnant women should be cautious, and bleeding patients with yin deficiency and blood heat should not use this product alone.
Radix Panax Ginseng has a sweet, slightly bitter taste and belongs to the lung, heart, kidney and spleen meridians. It can nourish qi and blood, nourish yin and promote the production of fluids (nourishing the body’s water and fluids), and clear away heat. It can be used for weakness, shortness of breath, sweating, thirst, dry stools, etc., which are signs of deficiency of qi and yin. It can also tonify lung qi, nourish lung yin, and clear deficiency fire in the lungs. It can also tonify the qi of the heart and spleen (using tonic drugs to tonify the heart and spleen).
Adverse effects and contraindications of this product are not known. Radix et Rhizoma Ginseng should not be used in conjunction with Veratrum, and should not be taken by those with weakened middle yang and cold-dampness in the stomach.
The use of Chinese medicine to regulate the body needs to be under the guidance of a Chinese medicine practitioner, and should not be purchased on one’s own in order to avoid delaying the condition.