Red ginseng has the effects of tonifying the vital energy (replenishing the body’s root energy), restoring the pulse and stabilizing the detachment (restoring the normal pulse and preventing the detachment of substances), tonifying the spleen and the lungs (tonifying the spleen and the lungs), generating fluids and nourishing the blood (replenishing the body’s fluids and blood), and tranquillizing the spirit and the intellect (stabilizing the spirit and mind, and promoting the development of the intellect). Red ginseng is sweet, slightly bitter and slightly warm in nature. It belongs to the spleen, lung, heart and kidney meridians. Clinically, it is mainly used in the treatment of deficiency of body, cold limbs and weak pulse, deficiency of spleen with little food, deficiency of lung with asthma and cough, thirst due to injury of fluids, internal heat and thirst (internal fever accompanied by symptoms such as eating more, drinking more and urinating more), deficiency of qi and blood, deficiency of prolonged illness, palpitation and insomnia, impotence and coldness of uterus, etc. It is not suitable to be combined with veratrum. Red ginseng should not be used together with quatrefoil and wulingzhi. If you need to take this medicine, it is recommended to do so under the guidance of a doctor.