Ginseng is the alias of Nansha Ginseng, pregnant women can drink Nansha Ginseng and Jade Bamboo in soup according to the doctor’s advice. Nansha ginseng and jade bamboo in soup can alleviate symptoms such as vomiting, lung heat and dry cough, lung and stomach yin injury, but Nansha ginseng and jade bamboo are slightly cold in nature, so it is not advisable to drink more.
1. American ginseng, slightly cold in nature, has the effect of benefiting the stomach and generating fluids, nourishing yin and clearing the lungs, resolving phlegm and benefiting qi, and is used for gastric yin insufficiency (insufficient yin fluid in the stomach), yin deficiency and laborious coughing, dry cough and phlegm mucus, and vexation and heatiness (irritability and sultriness), and dryness of the mouth and other illnesses. This drug should not be used together with veratrum.
2. Jade Bamboo, slightly cold in nature, has the effect of nourishing yin and moistening dryness, generating fluids and quenching thirst, and is used for dry throat and thirst, dry and hot cough, insufficient yin in the stomach, and internal heat and thirst (internal heat accompanied by symptoms such as eating, drinking, and urinating) and other diseases. It should not be taken by people with phlegm-dampness and stagnant Qi, and should not be taken by people with spleen deficiency and loose stools (thin and unformed feces).
Pregnant women who want to drink Nansha Ginseng and Jade Bamboo Soup can follow the doctor’s prescription.