There are many differences between ginseng and American ginseng, including therapeutic efficacy, medicinal properties and scope of application. The main effects of ginseng are to replenish vital energy (replenish the root energy of the human body), tranquilize the mind and promote intellectual development, benefit the lungs and produce fluids, etc. The effects of American ginseng are to replenish vital energy and nourish yin, and to clear heat and produce fluids.
1. Difference in efficacy: The main effects of ginseng are to replenish vital energy, benefit the lungs, tranquilize the mind, replenish the spleen and generate body fluid.
The main effects of American ginseng are to replenish vital energy, nourish yin and clear away heat and promote the production of body fluid.
2. Different medicinal properties: ginseng is slightly warm in nature; American ginseng is cool in nature.
3. Scope of application: ginseng can be used for Qi deficiency, weak pulse and lowering of the central qi (deficiency of the spleen and stomach qi, which results in the lowering of the internal organs), coughing and wheezing of the lungs, shortness of breath and fatigue, insomnia and dreaminess, and so on. Radix Panax Ginseng can be used for fever or sweating, exhaustion of vital energy resulting in fatigue (mental exhaustion, physical fatigue), heartburn and thirst, shortness of breath and dry stools.
Chinese medicines should be used under the guidance of a Chinese medicine practitioner and should not be taken blindly.