What are the therapeutic benefits of American ginseng?

Radix Panax Ginseng is a qi tonic, which belongs to the lung, kidney and heart meridians, and has the effect of tonifying qi and nourishing yin, clearing heat and generating body fluid. It is used for treating coughing, phlegm and blood due to deficiency of qi and yin, irritability due to deficiency heat, dry mouth and throat, internal heat and thirst (internal heat accompanied by symptoms such as excessive eating, drinking and urination), etc. It is also used as a tonic to nourish yin and clear heat. Radix Panax Ginseng can replenish qi, nourish yin and clear heat (nourishing yin fluid and clearing away heat), treating thirst, heartburn, tiredness and fatigue caused by qi and yin deficiency of heat diseases; it can replenish lung qi, clear lung fire and benefit lung yin, treating coughing and wheezing caused by qi and yin deficiency of lungs, coughing with little phlegm or bloody phlegm, etc. It can also replenish qi and consolidate yin and blood. Radix Panax Ginseng can also replenish qi, but its effect is not as good as that of ginseng, and it can also clear fire and promote the production of body fluid. It is used in the treatment of qi deficiency, such as dizziness, shortness of breath, palpitation (accelerated heartbeat often accompanied by panic), tightness in the chest and profuse sweating but body warmth, and thirst for cold drinks. This product should not be used in conjunction with Veratrum. Caution should be exercised if there is deficiency of yang (symptoms include fear of cold, lack of warmth of limbs, shortness of breath, mental fatigue, diarrhea, etc.), internal obstruction of cold and dampness (symptoms include cold pain in stomach and epigastric region, diarrhea, headache, heaviness, etc.), or dampness-heat and heat-excessive fire (symptoms include body heat, sticky and greasy taste in the mouth, bitter taste in the mouth, scanty yellowish urine, and viscous or diluted stools, etc.). If you need to use the medicine, you need to follow the doctor’s instructions.