Ginseng in the clinic generally refers to another decoction to take, can also be powdered and swallowed, etc., but the specific way to take ginseng, need to follow the doctor’s advice according to the condition. Ginseng is sweet, slightly bitter and slightly warm in nature. It belongs to spleen, lung, heart and kidney meridians. It has the effects of tonifying vital energy (replenishing the root energy of the body), restoring the pulse and fixing loss (restoring the normal pulse and preventing material loss), tonifying the spleen and lungs (tonifying 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 used in treating deficiency of body and blood, cold limbs and weak pulse, deficiency of spleen with little food, asthma and cough of lung, thirst due to injury of body fluid, internal heat and thirst (internal fever accompanied with symptoms such as eating more, drinking more and urinating more), deficiency of qi and blood, deficiency of long-time illness, palpitation and insomnia, impotence and coldness of uterus, etc. It is not suitable to be combined with fenugreek. Ginseng should not be used together with quatrefoil and wulingzhi.