For thousands of years, ginseng has been shrouded in mystery due to its unique effects, and beautiful legends about ginseng are widely circulated. What are the effects of ginseng and how should it be taken? Ginseng is the dried root of Ginseng, a plant of the family Wujia family. It is mainly produced in Northeast China. The cultivated one is called “garden ginseng” and the wild one is “mountain ginseng”. Ginseng is sweet, slightly bitter and flat, and has the function of tonifying the vital energy, nourishing the spleen and benefiting the lung, educating and calming the mind, and quenching thirst. 1, ginseng with caution: 1, ginseng with caution “18 anti”, “19 fear” in the clear provisions of the ginseng fear of five ling fat, anti quinoa, so avoid using with these two drugs, in order to avoid adverse reactions of Chinese medicine. 2, minors should not eat ginseng because ginseng contains ingredients that promote precocious puberty, so children and adolescents should not take it. 3, do not drink strong tea and eat radish when taking ginseng Ginseng replenishes qi, while radish breaks qi, which affects the efficacy of the medicine when taken at the same time. Strong tea also has an effect on the absorption of the active ingredients of ginseng. 4, long-ill people who need to take ginseng, preferred “raw ginseng”. If the patient has a dry mouth, nose bleeding and other symptoms, known as “deficiency”, you can choose the cooler ginseng. 5. In order to reduce adverse reactions, ginseng should be taken in a “staccato therapy”, which means a two-day break after 5 days of consumption. Each course of treatment should preferably not exceed two months, and a week’s rest is required after two months. 6. It is better not to take ginseng when you have a cold and fever, lung fever and cough in order to avoid adding fuel to the fire. The common methods of taking ginseng are as follows: 1.Powder: dry and powder ginseng, take 1-2 grams each time, cover with boiling water and drink after 5 minutes, once a day. 2.Inclusion: Take 1 gram of ginseng, cut it into thin slices, put it into the mouth several times a day, and swallow it after it is rotten. 3, stewing: take 5 grams of ginseng, cut into thin slices with 30 grams of sugar and boil with appropriate amount of water, drink soup and eat ginseng. 4.Boil porridge: take 3 grams of ginseng, cut and boil with water, then add rice and boil it into thin porridge, mix with honey or sugar and take it, also can punch ginseng powder into porridge and boil it and take it. 5, steamed egg: take an egg, shell it and add water to mix, then put 1 gram of ginseng powder, stir well and steam it; or drill a small hole in the top of the egg, fill it with ginseng powder, stir it with chopsticks, then seal the mouth with dough, steam it and eat it. 6, stewed chicken: take a hen (black bone chicken is better), remove the hair and viscera, take 5 grams of ginseng slices into the chicken belly, stewed in a casserole with appropriate amount of water over moderate heat until the meat is cooked and soup is thick, eat meat and drink soup, 1-2 times a week. 7.Wine: choose one ginseng with intact root and beard, dip it into 500g white wine, seal it in a cool place, shake it several times a day and drink it after several months, 30-50ml each time, 1-2 times a day.