Ginseng includes red ginseng, the difference between the two is that ginseng is a general concept and red ginseng is a type of ginseng.
Ginseng is a general concept that includes different kinds of ginseng such as red ginseng, raw and sun-dried ginseng and sugar ginseng. Ginseng is the dried root and rhizome of ginseng, a plant in the family of Wujiaceae, and red ginseng is a kind of ginseng, which is the dried root and rhizome of ginseng after being steamed from the cultivated product of ginseng.
Ginseng has a gray-yellow surface, hard texture and yellowish-white cross-section, which itself belongs to the drugs with slightly warm medicinal properties. Red ginseng has a translucent, reddish-brown surface and is hard and brittle. Ginseng becomes red ginseng after steaming, and its warming properties are strengthened.
Red ginseng is mainly used for the deficiency of the body, the lack of qi to take in blood, and the bleeding underneath the blood (excessive menstruation or more than a few drops of menstruation). Ginseng can also be used for spleen deficiency with little food, lung deficiency with wheezing and coughing, internal heat and thirst (internal heat accompanied by excessive eating, drinking and urinating), deficiency of qi and blood, palpitation and insomnia, impotence and coldness in the uterus.
Ginseng and red ginseng should not be used together with quassia and wulingzhi.
Ginseng and Red Ginseng should be used under the guidance of a professional Chinese medicine practitioner according to the identification of the specific condition.