Ginseng: sweet, slightly bitter, warm in nature, enters the spleen, lungs, and heart meridians, and is avoidable due to excessive symptoms and heat syndrome. American ginseng: native to Canada and the United States (American ginseng is also known as American ginseng). It is cool in nature and enters the heart, lungs and kidney meridians. Because it is cooling and tonic, it can benefit lung yin, clear away fire, promote fluid production and quench thirst. Anyone who wants to use ginseng but cannot tolerate its warming and tonic properties can use this instead. American ginseng is suitable for those who suffer from long-term illness and suffer from yin damage and are thin. "Codonopsis pilosula" has the function of treating all kinds of weakness, replenishing the Qi of the five internal organs, burying the symptoms of atrophy, calming the spirit, and relieving panic and palpitations. Distinguishing names of ginseng. Ginseng refers to the root of the Panax ginseng plant, and its name varies according to different situations: it is divided into two categories according to its growth mode. Wild ginseng is called wild ginseng, and artificially cultivated ginseng is called garden ginseng. According to the processing technology, it is divided into white ginseng and red ginseng. White ginseng is divided into raw sun-dried ginseng (fresh ginseng is washed, briefly sun-dried and then fumigated with sulfur and dried), and white dried ginseng (the skin of washed fresh ginseng is scraped off and sun-dried). Dried), white sugar ginseng (made by soaking ginseng in sugar); red ginseng is made by steaming fresh ginseng and then sun-drying or drying it, which is brown-red in color. Different places of origin have different names. Ginseng is mainly produced in Jilin, Liaoning and other places in my country, and is what people usually call ginseng. The ginseng produced in North Korea is called Korean ginseng, also called Korean ginseng and other direct ginseng. The ginseng produced in Japan is called ginseng. Oriental ginseng, etc. According to different parts of ginseng, there are also names such as ginseng leaves, ginseng whiskers, ginseng reeds (ginseng rhizomes), ginseng seeds (ginseng fruits), etc., and their functions are also different from ginseng. The main functions of ginseng are: Ginseng has the functions of tonifying vitality, tonifying the spleen and lungs, promoting fluid production, and calming the nerves. It is mainly suitable for the following aspects: serious syndromes such as deficiency of qi and weak pulse, etc. It can greatly replenish vitality and relieve collapse. It can be used alone. Effective, such as Dushen Decoction; used as the main medicine in combination with other drugs, it can treat spleen deficiency and lung qi deficiency; treat body fluid depletion and diabetes; used for heart qi deficiency, palpitations, palpitation, insomnia, forgetfulness and other diseases. Scientists have proven through extensive research that ginseng has a wide range of therapeutic and health-care effects on the human body. It can enhance the body's immune function and resistance to viruses, and has the effects of strengthening the heart, resisting shock, resisting myocardial ischemia, dilating blood vessels, and regulating blood pressure. , can promote the development of brain cells, protect nerve cells, increase blood and oxygen supply to the brain, improve energy metabolism, and delay human aging. In modern times, it has been combined or made into different preparations to treat shock, coronary heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, tumors, leukopenia and other diseases. Other drugs named "ginseng". In addition to ginseng, there are many Chinese herbal medicines named "ginseng", such as American ginseng, Codonopsis pilosula, Radix Pseudostellariae, Salvia miltiorrhiza, Adenophora miltiorrhiza, Scrophulariaceae, etc. Some of their functions are similar to ginseng, while others are fundamentally different. For example, Codonopsis pilosula and Radix Pseudostellariae have similar qi-tonifying effects as ginseng, but are weaker; Salvia miltiorrhiza mainly functions to promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, Scrophulariaceae clears away heat and replenishes yin, and Adenophora adenospermum replenishes yin and promotes fluid production. For another example, ginseng fruit is the whole plant with roots of the orchid plant Orchidaceae. They are two fundamentally different plants from ginseng, let alone the fruit of ginseng. There is also a "ginseng" commonly used in clinical practice - American ginseng, also known as American ginseng, American ginseng, and American ginseng. It is mainly produced in the United States. Its functions are very different from ginseng: ginseng nourishes qi and helps fire, while American ginseng nourishes yin and reduces fire. American ginseng is suitable for symptoms such as chronic cough due to lung deficiency, dry throat, thirst, heat deficiency, irritability, and blood loss. It can be seen that there are many kinds of ginseng, and there are also many medicines named "ginseng". Therefore, when taking supplements in winter, you need to choose them under the guidance of a doctor to achieve the purpose of health care.