Generally speaking, women with indications of red ginseng during menstruation can take red ginseng under doctor’s guidance, but it is not recommended to take red ginseng during menstruation for women with heavy menstruation, normal menstruation or without indications.
Red ginseng is the dried root and rhizome of the cultivated ginseng of the family Wujiaceae, which can be decocted. Its effects include tonifying vital energy, restoring normal pulse, preventing and treating deficiency, benefiting qi and taking care of blood (preventing bleeding by tonifying qi). It can be used for the treatment of deficiency, cold limbs and weak pulse, failure of qi to take in blood, and discharging of blood after menstruation (excessive menstruation or more than a few drops of menstruation).
The adverse effects of this product are not known, and it is not suitable for use with quinquefoil and wulingzhi. There is no authoritative study showing that red ginseng is contraindicated for menstruating women, therefore, if menstruating women have the above mentioned symptoms, they can use red ginseng to treat their diseases under the guidance of doctor’s diagnosis, but it is not recommended to take red ginseng in the absence of the above mentioned symptoms, heavy menstrual flow and so on.
However, it is not recommended to take red ginseng in the absence of the above symptoms, such as heavy menstrual flow. Patients who are not feeling well should consult a doctor for treatment in time, and should not use medicine blindly in order to avoid delaying the condition.