Ginseng is useful in treating symptoms such as weakness and desire to shed, cold limbs and weak pulse, spleen deficiency with little food, lung deficiency with asthma and cough, and fluid damage with thirst. Ginseng is the dried root and rhizome of the ginseng plant of the Wujia family. Cultivated ginseng is commonly known as “garden ginseng”; sown in the wild state of mountain forests under the natural growth of “forest ginseng”, commonly known as “seed sea”. Ginseng has a sweet, slightly bitter flavor and is slightly warm in nature. It belongs to the spleen, lung, heart and kidney meridians. It has the effects of tonifying the vital energy (replenishing the root energy of the body), restoring the pulse (restoring the normal pulse and preventing the release of substances), tonifying the spleen and lungs (replenishing the spleen and lungs), generating fluids and nourishing the blood (replenishing the body’s water and blood), and tranquillizing the mind (stabilizing the spirit and mind, and promoting the development of intellect). Clinically, it is mainly used for treating internal heat and thirst (internal heat accompanied by symptoms such as excessive eating, drinking and urination), deficiency of qi and blood, chronic illness, palpitations and insomnia, impotence and uterine cold, etc. It is not suitable for use in combination with quassia. Ginseng should not be used in combination with quassia and wulingzhi. If you need to take ginseng, please do so under the guidance of a doctor.