Ginseng can be used for treating conditions such as deficiency, coughing and wheezing, internal heat and thirst (internal heat accompanied by excessive eating, drinking and urinating), etc. It should be taken under the guidance of a doctor.
Ginseng is sweet, slightly bitter and slightly warm in nature. Its effects are to replenish vital energy (replenish the root of the body’s vital energy), restore the pulse (restore the normal pulse and prevent the release of substances), tonify the spleen and the lungs (replenish the spleen and lungs), promote the production of fluid and blood (replenish the body’s water and blood), and tranquilize the spirit and the intellect (stabilize the spirit and the mind, and promote the development of intellect), etc. It is also used in the treatment of physical deficiency.
Clinically, ginseng can be used for treating symptoms such as deficiency of the body, coughing and wheezing of the lungs, internal heat and thirst, cold limbs and weak pulse, deficiency of the spleen and low food intake, deficiency and winnings from prolonged illnesses, palpitations and insomnia, and so on.
Those with solid or hot symptoms but not deficiency of positive qi should be cautious or contraindicated to use ginseng.
Before taking the drug, patients need to combine their own situation, as well as personal needs, under the guidance of a physician to use ginseng, do not take without authorization.