Ginseng has the effect of generating body fluid, nourishing blood and replenishing vital energy, and is used to treat symptoms such as deficiency of blood and qi, and deficiency of the body and desire to shed.
Ginseng is the dried root and rhizome of Ginseng, a plant of the family Wujiaceae, which belongs to the food and medicine ingredients. It has a sweet, slightly bitter and slightly warm flavor, and belongs to the spleen, lung, heart and kidney meridians. It has the efficacy of generating fluids and nourishing blood, tonifying vital energy, tonifying the spleen and lungs, calming the spirit and benefiting the intellect, and restoring the veins and fixing the loss of blood.
It is clinically used for treating deficiency of qi and blood, thirst due to fluid injury, thirst due to internal heat, body weakness, palpitation and insomnia, cold limbs and weak pulse, deficiency of the spleen with little food, coughing and wheezing due to lung deficiency, impotence and coldness of the uterus, and deficiency of the body due to prolonged illness. It should not be taken by those with heat or solid symptoms. It should not be used alone for a long period of time by those with abdominal distension and those with Yin deficiency and internal heat.
When taking Chinese herbal medicines, it is necessary to carry out under the identification of professional Chinese medicine practitioners and follow the doctor’s instructions to use the medicines.