American ginseng, also known as American ginseng, belongs to precious medicinal materials and is a wonderful product for clearing and nourishing health care. American ginseng is sweet in taste and cool in nature, and it enters the lung and stomach meridians. It has the effects of invigorating qi and nourishing yin, clearing away fire and promoting fluid production, and can also resist fatigue, shock and delay aging.
Suitable crowd: people with excessive fire due to yin deficiency, cough and hemoptysis, fever with both qi and yin injuries, tiredness and thirst, dry mouth, dry stool, bloody stool, upset and insomnia.
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The difference between American ginseng and ginseng
First, the difference of morphological characteristics
1, ginseng taproot is spindle-shaped or cylindrical, with a length of 3-375px and a diameter of 1-50px. The surface is grayish yellow, and the upper part or the whole part has shallow and intermittent coarse transverse stripes and obvious longitudinal wrinkles, and the lower part has 2-3 branch roots, and many slender fibrous roots are born, and there are often inconspicuous small verrucous protrusions on the fibrous roots.
The rhizome (reed head) is 1- 100px in length and 0.3-37.5px in diameter, with many contractures and bends, with adventitious roots and sparse pit-like stem scars (reed bowl, only grows once a year). It is hard, yellowish white in cross section, powdery, with brown annular stripes, yellow-brown dotted resin channels and radial cracks in the skin. The aroma is special, and the taste is slightly bitter and sweet.
2. American ginseng is spindle-shaped, cylindrical or conical, with a length of 3-300px and a diameter of 0.8～50px. The surface is light yellow-brown or yellow-white, with transverse ring lines and linear lenticels, and fine shallow longitudinal wrinkles and fibrous root marks. There are one or several lateral roots in the middle and lower part of the main root; Many have been broken. Some of them have rhizomes (reed heads) at the upper end, and the links are obvious. The stem marks (reed bowls) are round or semi-circular with indefinite root scabs or have been broken.
Weight, solid quality, not easy to break, flat section, light yellow-white, slightly powdery, yellow-brown dotted resin channels can be seen in the skin, the cambium ring pattern is brown, and the part is slightly radial. The gas is slightly specific, and the taste is slightly bitter and sweet. Perennial herbs. The whole plant is hairless.
Second, the difference between efficacy and function
1 Ginseng is mainly produced in Jilin Province and North Korea in China, which is what we often call Jilin Ginseng and Korean Ginseng. According to the different processing and processing of ginseng, there are white ginseng and red ginseng, and their main functions are to replenish vitality, invigorate the spleen, calm the mind and improve intelligence.
Ginseng is sweet in nature, slightly bitter and mild in temperature. It is used to treat qi deficiency, spleen deficiency, lung qi deficiency, body fluid injury, thirst, restlessness, insomnia, dreaminess, palpitation, amnesia, qi deficiency and impotence, but it is contraindicated for patients with excessive liver yang and excessive dampness and heat, such as hypertension. Often taken in small amounts, it can play a role in disease prevention and health care.
2. The main producing areas of American ginseng are the United States, Canada and France, etc. Because the American flag is the Stars and Stripes, it won the title of "American ginseng". In recent years, China has also been successfully introduced. Panax quinquefolium mainly contains ginsenoside and other tonic components.
The data obtained by Chinese researchers using modern detection methods on Jilin ginseng and domestic American ginseng show that both of them contain more than 15 kinds of trace elements, among which the contents of potassium, cobalt, nickel, copper, zinc, manganese, molybdenum and selenium are higher than those of ginseng.
American ginseng tastes bitter, sweet and cold. Its main functions are invigorating lung, reducing fire, nourishing stomach and promoting fluid production. It is generally used to treat yin deficiency and excessive fire, cough with phlegm and blood, fever with both qi and yin, tiredness and thirst, lack of body fluid, dry mouth and tongue, intestinal heat and bloody stool.
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