Ginseng

Alias White Ginseng, Red Ginseng, Bei Zhi Ginseng, Jilin Ginseng, Wild Mountain Ginseng. Mainly produced in China's northeastern provinces, Fusong County, Jilin, the largest production, the best quality, and therefore called Jilin ginseng. Produced in North Korea is called Korean ginseng, Korean ginseng, Biezhi ginseng.

Ginseng is mildly warm in nature, sweet and slightly bitter in flavor. It is used to replenish vital energy, replenish the spleen and the lungs, promote the production of body fluid and quench thirst, and calm the spirit and increase wisdom. It is suitable for patients with serious and prolonged illness, such as prolonged coughing, shortness of breath, shortness of breath when moving; weak spleen and stomach, tiredness and weakness, loss of appetite, vomiting and diarrhea; restlessness of the heart and mind, insomnia and dreaming, palpitations and forgetfulness; it can also be used in first aid, such as hemorrhage, Yang Qi outbreaks, cardiac failure and dying.

From the planting and growing point of view, ginseng is divided into wild ginseng and garden ginseng. Wild ginseng, as the name suggests, is naturally grown in the deep mountains and fields for decades or even hundreds of years, with very little production, high price and best efficacy. Garden ginseng is artificially cultivated in the garden, so it is called garden ginseng, and the ginseng is mostly known as "ginseng" in folklore. Due to different processing methods, ginseng is divided into raw sun ginseng, white ginseng (sugar ginseng), red ginseng and so on.

Sun-dried ginseng is a kind of ginseng that is cultivated for six or seven years and then harvested in the fall when the stem and leaves will wither, and then washed and sun-dried, and its finished products on the market mainly include white ginseng, light ginseng, skin-tailed ginseng, original ginseng, and seed ginseng, etc. It has calm and peaceful medicinal properties, and is also known as "ginseng. Raw and sun-dried ginseng is calm in nature, and is mainly used to replenish qi, especially for those who are deficient in qi and yin.

White ginseng (sugar ginseng) is fresh ginseng soaked in boiling water, dipped in sugar juice, and then dried in the sun. It has the same function as raw sun-dried ginseng, but its effect is weaker.

Red ginseng is made by steaming the ginseng and drying it in the sun or drying it. Its medicinal properties are warm and hot, with the effect of tonifying qi and warming yang, suitable for patients with weak yang qi.

Xiyangshen

Produced in Canada, the United States and France, China is also cultivated. It is cold in nature, bitter and slightly sweet in taste. Effects: Tonifying qi and nourishing yin, clearing fire and generating body fluid. Apply to qi and yin injuries, tiredness and thirst, shortness of breath, deficiency heat toothache, coughing phlegm and hemoptysis, intestinal heat and blood in the stool, etc.. Tuberculosis, coronary heart disease, acute fever after evidence of qi and yin depletion, are tonic effect, especially to prevent the summer heat due to excessive sweating and loss of vitality.

Because of different processing methods, American ginseng is divided into American ginseng with original skin and American ginseng with light skin. The original skin of American ginseng is sun-dried or dried after the ginseng is dug up. Light ginseng is ginseng sprayed with water to moisten, hit the outer skin, and then smoked with sulfur, after drying in the sun, the color of the white powder is also.

Dangshen

Peaceful in nature, sweet in flavor. It is effective in tonifying the middle and benefiting the qi, strengthening the spleen and nourishing the blood. Dangshen is a flat tonic product, the power is weaker than ginseng, and can be used for chronic weaknesses in general. It is especially suitable for shortness of breath, coughing, speechlessness and weak voice caused by deficiency of lung qi, deficiency of middle qi which results in loose food and tiredness of limbs, deficiency of qi and blood which results in dizziness and panic, etc. It is suitable for use in raw form. It is suitable to be used raw to benefit qi and promote the production of body fluid, fried to replenish qi and strengthen the spleen, and honey-roasted to treat coughing and wheezing due to lung deficiency.

Prince ginseng

Also known as kid's ginseng, child ginseng. It has a sweet, slightly bitter flavor. It is used to replenish vital energy and promote the production of body fluid. Ginseng is similar to ginseng in its effects of tonifying qi and promoting the production of body fluid, and tonifying the spleen and lungs, but it is weaker in potency, and is a clear tonic in tonifying qi. It is mostly used for spleen deficiency with little food, fatigue, palpitation and self-sweating, lung deficiency with cough and thirst, etc. It is especially suitable for children with emaciation and limb weakness.

Sand ginseng

Slightly cold in nature, sweet in flavor. Effective in clearing the lung and nourishing yin, benefiting the stomach and promoting the production of body fluid. Suitable for tuberculosis, lung heat and dry cough, dry cough with little sputum; heat disease caused by prolonged illness of the stomach yin deficiency, stomach and epigastric pain, dry vomiting, thirst and so on. Sha Shen has south and north, south Sha body both expectorant effect, north Sha Shen nourishing Yin role is better.

Danshen

Alias purple ginseng. It is bitter in nature and slightly cold in flavor. It is effective in promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, cooling blood and eliminating carbuncle, nourishing blood and tranquilizing the mind. It is suitable for many kinds of diseases in which blood stasis is a problem or the blood flow is not smooth, such as menstrual disorders, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, pain of bruises; eliminating carbuncles and swellings. Nowadays, Danshen is also commonly used clinically to treat coronary heart disease, angina pectoris, enlarged liver and spleen, and cerebrovascular diseases.

Xuan Shen

Alias Yuan Shen, cold in nature, bitter taste, liver, salty. Effective in clearing heat, detoxifying and nourishing Yin. It is suitable for lung dryness and dry cough, body heat and dry mouth, sore throat, carbuncle and sores, etc. It can also be used for thromboembolic vasculitis and gangrene of diabetic foot.

Bitter ginseng

Cold, bitter flavor. Effective in clearing heat and drying dampness, dispelling wind and killing worms, and leaching birds. It is suitable for bringing down yellow color and thick and vaginal itching; skin itching, impetigo, scabies and other diseases. It is also used for the treatment of pregnancy urination is unfavorable, and has good effect on vaginal trichomoniasis.

In order to facilitate the storage and operation, ginseng into the market are generally processed products, and different processing methods can be derived from different ginseng name: sun-dried or dried ginseng called sun-dried ginseng; scrape off the outer skin, smoked with sulfur sun-dried or dried known as vigorously ginseng; steamed and dried known as the red ginseng; blanched in boiling water, ginseng holes immersed in molasses, and then later take out the sun-drying, and so on for the three times, known as the sugar ginseng. Sugar ginseng. There are only two kinds of ginseng in the wild mountains, namely, raw and sun-dried ginseng and sugar ginseng. In addition to domestic ginseng, there are many imported ginsengs in the market nowadays. Such as Korean ginseng (similar to our country's white ginseng), Bie Zhi Ginseng (red ginseng produced in North Korea), Japanese red ginseng, Oriental ginseng (Japanese ginseng blanched in boiling water and dried), American ginseng (produced in the United States and Canada), American ginseng, and so on.

There are many kinds of ginseng, how to choose according to different physique? Experts believe that there are three points to note --

Yang deficiency type of constitution: depressed, weak, pale, cold stomach, cold limbs, poor appetite, thin stools, long and clear urine, nocturia, pale tongue, white moss, fat tongue, weak pulse, these symptoms should buy red ginseng.

Yin deficiency type of body: body fatigue, feeling of internal heat, sometimes heartburn, dry mouth, dry stools, yellow and red urine, hot hands and feet, hot flashes in the afternoon, night sweating, red cheeks, red tongue, this kind of people can buy American ginseng.

Weakness type: commonly found in congenital physical deficiency, after a long period of illness, tiredness, weakness, weakness of limbs, poor appetite, insomnia and forgetfulness, thin moss, light, weak pulse, these people should buy white ginseng, Dali ginseng, sun-dried ginseng, sugar ginseng and so on.

Purchasing ginseng is not the longer the better, of course, the market price is priced with the age of the ginseng, but the ginsenoside content of ginseng is not with the ginseng years of growth and increase, spend more money for nothing. As for the young ginseng of 1 to 3 years, because of the short age of ginseng, its root has more sugar and less saponin, the practical value is not high. Therefore, from the economic and practical point of view, 6 to 8 years of ginseng is more cost-effective. Of course, from the application point of view, raw ginseng has the highest application composition; white ginseng lost a certain amount of ginsenosides after scraping the skin; red ginseng will also lose part of ginsenosides in steaming. Therefore, the purchase of ginseng to make a comprehensive comparison to achieve the desired satisfaction.