Panax ginseng, as a kind of traditional Chinese medicine, has the effects of dispersing blood stasis, stopping bleeding, activating blood circulation and reducing swelling, and has more than seventy saponins, including several classifications.
Saponin is the main effective active ingredient of Panax ginseng, an active substance widely found in plants of the genus Ginseng, and Panax ginseng, as an important traditional Chinese medicine of the genus Ginseng, contains more than 70 kinds of saponin components.
Different parts of Panax ginseng contain different constituents of Panax ginseng saponins, with the underground part dominated by ginsenotriol type saponins and the aboveground part containing only ginsenodiol type saponins. The most abundant of them are the four monomer saponins Rg1, Rb1, R1 and Rd. These saponins have different physicochemical properties and play different and important therapeutic roles in the human body.
Panax ginseng is a traditional Chinese medicine rich in saponins and has important therapeutic effects. It is recommended that patients who need to use Panax ginseng for appropriate treatment should go to regular hospitals and use it under the guidance of a professional doctor for evidence-based treatment, rather than blindly using the drug on their own.