Ginseng can not be eaten together with quinine, wulingzhi and laixianzi, which will produce toxic side effects or reduce the efficacy of ginseng.
1. quinquefolium: belonging to the vomiting medicine, toxic, often used in emetic, expectorant, insecticide, the body of the person who is weak should not be served, and ginseng tonic gas, mainly used for people with gas deficiency, and the eighteen counter-recorded ginseng clearly recorded in the anti-quinquefolium, once the common decoction, often greatly reduce the efficacy of the treatment, and even damage to the patient’s vital energy.
2. Wulingzhi: Wulingzhi has the effect of activating blood circulation and relieving pain (relieving pain by removing blood stasis), resolving blood stasis and stopping bleeding, and it is clearly recorded in the nineteen fears that ginseng is afraid of wulingzhi, which will reduce the effect of ginseng in replenishing qi if the ginseng is used together.
3. Radix et Rhizoma Ginseng: the seed of radish, has the effect of lowering qi, while ginseng is mainly used to tonify qi, taking it together with Radix et Rhizoma Ginseng will reduce its own therapeutic effect.
It is recommended to take ginseng under the guidance of professional doctors.