Ginseng is neither hot nor cool, ginseng is slightly warm in nature.
Ginseng has a sweet, slightly bitter, slightly warm flavor and is attributed to the spleen, lung, heart and kidney meridians. It is mainly used to replenish vital energy (replenish the body’s root qi), restore the pulse and stabilize detachment (restore the normal pulse and prevent the detachment of substances), tonify the spleen and benefit the lungs (tonify the spleen and the lungs), promote the production of fluid and nourish blood (replenish the body’s water and blood), and tranquilize the spirit and benefit the intellect (stabilize the spirit and promote the development of intellect).
Ginseng can be used for treating deficiency of body, cold limbs and weak pulse, deficiency of spleen with little food, deficiency of lungs with wheezing and coughing, thirst due to injury of fluids, thirst due to internal heat (internal heat accompanied by symptoms such as excessive eating, drinking and urinating), deficiency of qi and blood, deficiency of long-time illness, palpitation and insomnia, impotence and uterine coldness, and other illnesses.
Ginseng is contraindicated in solid and hot cases, but the positive qi is not deficient, the adverse effects are not clear, and should not be used with quatu, wulingyi.
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