Generally speaking, it is better to eat ginseng in winter. Ginseng is a medicine to replenish deficiency, which mainly has the effects of replenishing vital energy, tonifying the spleen and the lungs, generating fluids to quench thirst and calming the spirit and the mind. According to Chinese medicine practitioners, ginseng can be used in all cases of internal injuries and insufficiency of qi, blood and fluid. Ginseng is often used in formulas, but it can also be used alone to achieve good health effects. I. What kind of ginseng is suitable for you? Different kinds of ginseng have different mechanisms. Generally speaking, American ginseng is cool in nature and is generally used in hot cases, such as increased blood pressure and constipation. On the other hand, ginseng is warm in nature and is suitable for cold conditions. Among them, raw sun-dried ginseng is a clear tonic and is mainly used for symptoms of deficiency of qi and yin, such as weak sweating with fatigue, weak stomach and intestines, loss of appetite, cardiac insufficiency and thirst. If warm raw sun-dried ginseng is used for people with fever, it can strengthen the body’s excitement and worsen inflammation. Red ginseng is a warm tonic medicine with strong odor, slightly bitter and sweet, its function is on the side of warmth, mainly used in the disease of qi deficiency with cold symptoms, such as cardiovascular disease, recovery period after a serious illness, and it is taboo that red ginseng cannot be used in the solid heat disease. Therefore, patients with fever should use American ginseng, and patients with cold should use raw sun-dried ginseng or red ginseng. Will you eat ginseng? The following teaches you several ways to eat ginseng: 1, steam method: each time to take 5-10 grams of ginseng, cut into small sections, put a small amount of cold water immersed in a night, the next day, add a few red dates and cinnamon, steam for half an hour, serve its thick juice. Can be steamed several times, when the soup flavor becomes diluted, that is, even the soup with ginseng dregs eaten together. Steam ginseng if you can use special porcelain with inner cover, the effect will be better. 2, containing method: ginseng slices, each time to serve about 1 gram, 2 to 3 times a day, put in the mouth containing the chemical, 1 to 2 hours later will have been hair open ginseng chewing and swallowing. It is suitable for those who want to take ginseng to strengthen their body and prolong their life. 3.Ginseng Powder Swallowing Method: Ginseng is powdered and served with water, 1-3 grams each time, 2-3 times a day. 4.Ginseng Cooked Chicken Method: Take 3-9 grams of ginseng after slicing, put it into the casserole with chicken and add appropriate amount of water, firstly, boil it over high fire, then cook it over low fire until it is cooked, and then take the soup with chicken in several times. Suitable for people who are weak after major surgery or hemorrhage. Third, eating ginseng also has contraindications However, although ginseng is good, but not everyone is suitable for eating, ginseng can not be abused. So, what are the contraindications to taking ginseng? Avoid eating radish and all kinds of seafood after taking it: ancient medical books say that Chinese medicine believes that radish “under the atmosphere, eliminating grain” modern research radish elimination diuretic, the same as the ancient point of view, ginseng is its main function to replenish the vital energy. These two, a large complementary gas, a large gas, just offset. Therefore, there is a taboo. Avoid drinking tea: after taking ginseng, do not drink tea, lest the role of ginseng is impaired. Avoid frying or stewing ginseng with hardware cookware. “Ginseng is a kind of tonic and strong medicine, only the deficiency is suitable for tonic, so the healthy and disease-free young children should not abuse it. According to the theory of Chinese medicine, the physiological characteristics of young children are “delicate internal organs, the form of gas is not yet full, the yin is often insufficient, the yang is often surplus”. If the infusion of ginseng soup, will be other organs, especially the endocrine system of the normal activities of the interference, and metabolic increase and urine decreased at the same time, many of the body’s waste can not be discharged.