1. Induced precocious puberty in children
Taking ginseng for a long time or in large quantities may cause precocious puberty in children. After girls use this tonic, menarche will be obviously advanced, while boys will grow beards prematurely and their penises will be obviously enlarged. This is mainly because ginseng fruit contains gonadotropin, which makes children secrete sex hormones early. This is harmful to children's psychological and physical health.
2. Food poisoning
Ginseng fruit has low toxicity, but there are often some people who are particularly sensitive to the toxicity of ginseng fruit. After eating, there will be toxic reactions such as pityriasis rosea, dizziness, irritability, blurred vision, chest tightness, shortness of breath and so on. In severe cases, there will be body bleeding, most of which are gastrointestinal bleeding, gingival bleeding and even cerebral hemorrhage. Especially infants are more sensitive to the toxicity of ginseng fruit. After taking it for about half an hour, there may be discomfort such as convulsions, convulsions, slow heart rate, etc., and in severe cases, it may cause death.
3. Paralyze the heart muscle and nerve center
Ginseng fruit is a kind of medicine with very good nourishing effect, which can effectively enhance the body's immune ability after taking it. However, if it is used in large doses, it can obviously dilate blood vessels, and in severe cases, it will cause myocardial paralysis and nerve center paralysis, thus causing circulatory failure. At this time, the most common manifestations are nervousness, hypertension, body edema, loss of appetite, abdominal pain, rash and so on.