American ginseng has the efficacy and effect of tonifying qi and nourishing yin, clearing heat and generating fluids. The single-flavored medicine American ginseng has no special efficacy and effect on the liver.
American ginseng is sweet, slightly bitter and cool in nature; it belongs to lung, heart, kidney and spleen meridians. It has the efficacy of tonifying qi and nourishing yin, clearing heat and generating fluids. It is mainly used for treating deficiency of qi and yin, deficiency heat and boredom, coughing and wheezing, phlegm and blood, internal heat and thirst (internal heat accompanied by symptoms such as excessive eating, drinking and urinating), and dry mouth and throat.
Clinically, American ginseng is often used with medicines such as maitake and schizandra in the treatment of heat injury to qi and yin, deficiency of heat and fatigue, excessive sweating and thirst, or prolonged coughing and lung deficiency with both qi and yin being injured, dry cough with little phlegm, and shortness of breath and spontaneous sweating (involuntary sweating during the daytime, aggravated by sweating with slight movement).
Radix Panax Ginseng should not be used with Veratrum. It should not be taken by people with deficiency of middle yang, obstruction of cold and dampness (cold and dampness blocking the spleen and stomach in the middle part of the body) and dampness-heat-excessive fire.
If the patient is not feeling well, it is recommended to go to the regular hospital for consultation and follow the doctor’s prescription for medication.