Patients with hypertension and heart disease should not eat red ginseng or ginseng. Patients with hypertension and heart disease have an increased sympathetic excitability, which can increase their heart rate and blood pressure. If you take ginseng food such as red ginseng, it will further increase the blood pressure and heart rate, which is not conducive to the regression and recovery of the disease. For this group of people, the main emphasis is on a light diet and taking oral medications for heart disease and blood pressure reduction as prescribed by the doctor. It is not necessary to take extra supplements or to take red ginseng orally. For red ginseng, it is mainly suitable for people with slow heartbeat and weak body, but it is not suitable for people with high blood pressure and heart disease.