There is no such thing as the best effect of taking ginseng in summer, but it should be used according to the condition of the patient. If used for lung deficiency, qi and yin injuries, shortness of breath, can be used with Radix Panax Ginseng, Ophiopogon, Lily of the Valley, Bei Mu, to play the effect of nourishing yin and benefiting qi; if used for internal heat and thirst, the late stage of warm disease, can be used with Ophiopogon, Zhi Mu, and Radix et Rhizoma Sheng Di, to play the effect of generating fluids, relieving cough, and benefiting qi.
Radix Panax Ginseng (太子参), flat in nature, sweet in taste and slightly bitter in flavor. Radix Panax Ginseng has the effect of moisturizing the lungs, promoting the production of body fluid, benefiting the vital energy and strengthening the spleen. It can be used to treat dry cough with little phlegm, spleen deficiency and body fatigue, weakness after illness, gastric yin deficiency (insufficient yin fluid in the stomach), loss of appetite, spontaneous sweating (involuntary sweating during the daytime, aggravated by sweating with a little movement), thirst, etc. It is not suitable for people with a solid surface and an overflowing of evil. It should not be used for those who have a solid surface and an abundance of evil.
In addition, if it is used for insufficiency of spleen qi and stomach yin, it is often used together with yam, dendrobium and other products that tonify the spleen qi and benefit the stomach yin; for the treatment of qi deficiency and dryness of the lungs, coughing with shortness of breath and little phlegm, it is advisable to use it together with products that tonify the lung qi and nourish the stomach yin, such as nansha shen (南沙参), dongzhi xiacao (冬虫夏草), and maitong.
Drugs should be taken under the guidance of a physician, do not take on your own to avoid adverse consequences.