Eating ginseng has the effect of replenishing vital energy, strengthening the spleen, tonifying the lungs, generating fluids, and calming the mind and promoting intellectual development. Ginseng can be decocted with water or powdered. It belongs to the spleen, lung and heart meridians, with a sweet, slightly bitter flavor and flat nature. It is used in treating deficiency of body, cold limbs and weak pulse, deficiency of spleen with little food, deficiency of lung with asthma and cough, injury of fluids and thirst, internal heat and thirst (internal heat accompanied by symptoms such as eating more, drinking more and urinating more), prolonged illness with deficiency, palpitation and insomnia, impotence and coldness of uterus; cardiac failure, cardiogenic shock. Ginseng should not be used in conjunction with the Chinese herbs quinquefoil and wulingzhi. Adverse effects are not clear. Patients who are not feeling well are advised to consult a doctor in time, and should not use ginseng on their own to avoid delaying the condition. If you need to use ginseng, the specific dosage is recommended to consult a professional physician.