Are you suitable for ginseng?

The common kinds of ginseng are ginseng, dangshen, Pseudostellaria, red ginseng, American ginseng and sand ginseng. Different kinds of ginseng have different usages. It's not that the more expensive the better, the more tonic the better. The best one is suitable for you.

"Shennong herbal classic" said: Ginseng "main tonic five zang organs, safety spirit, soul, stop the fear, in addition to evil, bright eyes, happy wisdom, long-term service light body extension.". Ginseng is the rhizome of Panax ginseng, a perennial herb of Acanthopanax family. It is named because its root is very similar to human shape. According to traditional Chinese medicine, ginseng is sweet and bitter in nature. It can enter the spleen, lungs and heart meridians. It has the effects of invigorating vital energy, invigorating the spleen and lungs, promoting the body fluid and calming the nerves. It is often used in the critical syndrome of deficiency of Qi and desire to get rid of, shortness of vital energy and exhaustion of vital energy and micro desire of pulse. It is effective when used alone. It is also a commonly used tonic for patients with deficiency of spleen and lung, deficiency of heart and Qi, and weakness of Qi and blood.

Modern pharmacological research also found that ginseng can excite the central nervous system, reduce fatigue; excite the adrenal pituitary system, improve the body's resistance to adverse external conditions; enhance the myocardial contractility, with the same characteristics as cardiac glycosides; have gonadotropin like effect, promote gonadal function; reduce blood sugar, and have synergistic effect with insulin; improve digestion and absorption function; regulate Cholesterol metabolism, inhibition of hypercholesterolemia; antidiuretic effect; antiallergic effect; stimulation of hemopoietic organs, making hemopoietic function vigorous; enhancement of body immunity, promoting immunoglobulin production; promotion of leukocyte production, prevention and control of leukocyte decline caused by various reasons, etc.

What functions does ginseng have as a tonic?

1. Invigorate the vitality and help to rectify and save the danger. It is mainly applicable to the critical syndrome of Yuan Qi deficiency and extreme desire to get rid of due to sweating, diarrhea, massive blood loss, or serious illness or long illness.

2. Promote body fluid to quench thirst. Heat evil caused by Qi and fluid injury, thirst and other diseases, adding ginseng can not only replenish qi, but also promote fluid. In addition, ginseng is often used in the treatment of thirst. Although the location of diabetes is different from that of lung, spleen and kidney, it often affects each other. Its pathological changes are mainly Yin deficiency and dryness and heat, and Qi and Yin are often injured. Ginseng can not only replenish the Qi of lung, spleen and kidney, but also promote the production of fluid and quench thirst, so it is often used in ginseng for diabetes.

3. Invigorate lung and spleen. The lung controls Qi, and the spleen is the source of Qi and blood biochemistry. Invigorating the lung and spleen makes Qi and blood strong. Therefore, for diseases such as senile chronic bronchitis, emphysema, chronic gastroenteritis and so on, often adding ginseng can improve the symptoms of deficiency of breath, shortness of breath, and no desire to eat.

4. Invigorate the mind. It can improve the symptoms of palpitation, shortness of breath, deficiency of pulse and so on. For coronary heart disease, it can be combined with the drugs of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis to increase coronary blood flow and reduce the attack of angina pectoris.

5. Calm down. Ginseng can replenish qi and benefit blood, so it is effective for insomnia and forgetfulness caused by deficiency of Qi and blood and uneasiness.

6. Tonify kidney qi. It can be used for shortness of breath and deficiency of asthma. In addition, ginseng has the function of enhancing sexual function. It can be used together with Tonifying Kidney Yang and tonifying kidney essence for impotence of kidney yang deficiency and kidney essence deficiency.

7. Anti-aging, anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer. Ginseng can enhance the lipid metabolism, sugar metabolism and immune function of human body, has a good adjustment function for delaying aging, can improve the aging symptoms of the elderly and relieve fatigue. Ginseng can promote the synthesis of nucleic acid in human bone marrow cells, effectively inhibit the proliferation of cancer cells, kill some tumor suppressors, make cancer cells die off, play a certain role in the treatment of various cancers, and also reduce the adverse reactions caused by chemotherapy, radiotherapy and drug treatment.

Although ginseng is good, it should also be used according to the patient's condition. Do not use it blindly to avoid some adverse reactions.

Generally speaking, the acute toxic effect of ginseng is relatively weak, but some people are more sensitive to ginseng. After taking ginseng or ginseng products for a long time, they may have diarrhea, rash, insomnia, nervousness, depression, blood pressure rise, sexual hyperfunction or hypofunction, palpitation, headache and other adverse reactions. After taking large doses of ginseng or ginseng products, they may also have acute poisoning symptoms It can be manifested as rose rash, fever, headache, dizziness, blurred vision, restlessness, chest tightness and shortness of breath. Convulsions, convulsions and even bleeding threaten life safety.

Ginseng has two-way regulation effect on many important physiological activities of human body. It's better to consult a doctor when using it. Don't overdose. Overdose often backfires.