Sand ginseng is a common Chinese herbal medicine with the following effects and functions: it can treat patients with lung dryness and yin deficiency, dry cough, low phlegm, dry throat and dry nose. It can also clear away heat and promote the production of fluids, which is effective for people with thirst, dry tongue and poor eating.

It can also nourish yin and relieve pain, and can be applied to stomach yin deficiency and abdominal pain.

It can also treat deficiency of yin in the liver and kidney, and liver qi, mainly seen in patients with irritable temper, dry throat and mouth. For the case of less fluid in the stomach, feeling of heartburn, loss of appetite, similar to the clinical management of atrophic gastritis can be used when the salvia, for stool dryness and so on also has a certain auxiliary therapeutic effect. Sha ginseng is sweet in taste and cold in nature, so patients with weak spleen and stomach should pay attention to controlling the amount of Sha ginseng.