Whether or not red ginseng can be taken for prostate hyperplasia needs to be diagnosed and treated. It can be taken if it belongs to the type of deficiency of spleen and kidney qi or kidney yang, and it should be taken according to the doctor’s prescription.
According to Chinese medicine, prostate hyperplasia is categorized into 5 types according to the symptoms: damp-heat injection (dampness and heat invading the intestines, bladder, pubic area and lower limbs), spleen and kidney qi deficiency type, qi stagnation and blood stasis type, kidney yin deficiency type and kidney yang deficiency type. Among them, red ginseng can be consumed in spleen and kidney qi deficiency type and kidney yin deficiency type, while it is not recommended for the remaining evidence types.
Symptoms of patients with spleen and kidney qi deficiency type are mainly frequent urination, dysuria, fatigue, loss of appetite and loose stools. This type of patients can use red ginseng to strengthen spleen qi and tonify kidney qi.
Symptoms of patients with deficiency of kidney yang include frequent urination at night, thin urine line, incomplete urination or even urinary retention, fear of cold and cold, and colorless face. This type of patient can use red ginseng to warm up kidney yang.
If you have symptoms, you should take the medication under the guidance of a professional doctor, do not take the medication blindly by yourself, so as to avoid delaying the condition or producing adverse reactions.