Ginseng is classified by efficacy.
Ginseng beard: Red ginseng beard is the most common, and its performance is similar to that of red ginseng, but its effect is smaller and milder.
Sun-dried ginseng: it is mild in nature, not warm or dry, and can not only invigorate qi, but also promote fluid production. It is suitable for strengthening the body resistance and eliminating pathogens, and enhancing physical fitness and disease resistance.
White ginseng: also known as sugar ginseng, Korean ginseng with short body and inferior quality is selected, boiled in boiling water for a while, soaked in sugar juice, and then dried; Its medicinal properties are the most mild and its efficacy is relatively small, so it is suitable for invigorating spleen and benefiting lung.
Wild ginseng: it is not warm and dry, and it greatly supplements the vitality. It is the superior product of ginseng, but it is rarely used because of its few resources and expensive value.
Ginseng Radix Rubri: steam it with high-temperature steam for 2 hours until it is fully cooked, remove ginseng whiskers after drying, and press it into irregular square columns; Its medicinal properties are warm and tonic, and it is vigorous and warm and dry in invigorating qi, and it is good at invigorating yang qi, so it is suitable for first aid to restore yang.
Organic ginseng: no pesticide residue, no chemical fertilizer and no transgene, which retains the ingredients and efficacy of ginseng to the greatest extent.
Discussion on medicinal properties of ginseng
Tropism of nature and taste: flat in nature, sweet in taste, slightly bitter and slightly warm. Spleen and lung meridian.
Efficacy: invigorating primordial qi, restoring pulse and removing stagnation, invigorating spleen and lung, promoting fluid production to quench thirst, calming nerves and improving intelligence.
Indications: fatigue, asthenia, anorexia, lassitude, nausea and vomiting, loose stool, cough and dyspnea, spontaneous sweating, fright, amnesia, dizziness, headache, impotence, frequent urination, thirst quenching, metrorrhagia, children's chronic fright and prolonged asthenia, and all the symptoms of deficiency of qi, blood and body fluid.
Explain the effect of ginseng soaking in water in detail.
Tonifying primordial qi: used for severe syndrome of qi deficiency and wanting to take off. It is characterized by weak breath, shortness of breath, cold sweat on limbs and weak pulse. Ginseng alone can greatly replenish vitality and strengthen the heart, such as Dushen Decoction. It can be combined with Radix Aconiti Lateralis for qi deficiency and yang deficiency.
Regulating the central nervous system: Ginseng can regulate the central nervous system, improve the excitement and inhibition process of the brain, and make it tend to be balanced; Ginseng can improve the ability of mental and physical labor, improve work efficiency, and has anti-fatigue effect.
Invigorating yin and promoting fluid production: ginseng soaking in water can treat both fluid and gas injuries, and fluid and gas consumption after sweating due to fever.
Improve heart function: Ginseng can increase myocardial contractility, slow down heart rate, increase cardiac output and coronary blood flow, and can resist myocardial ischemia and arrhythmia. Ginseng has certain effects on heart function, cardiovascular system and blood flow.
Bufei Yiqi: Ginseng soaked in water can be used for deficiency of lung qi, shortness of breath, shortness of breath, lack of qi, and physical weakness.
Anti-shock effect: Ginseng can alleviate allergic shock induced by serum in guinea pigs and prolong their survival time. It can obviously delay the death of scalded shock mice.
Hypoglycemic effect: Ginseng contains ginsenoside and ginseng polysaccharide. In particular, ginsenoside Rb2 has obvious hypoglycemic effect, and ginseng polysaccharides (or glycopeptides) are another hypoglycemic component in ginseng.
Effect on liver: Ginseng can increase the enzyme activity of various substances metabolized by the liver, enhance the detoxification ability of the liver, and thus enhance the body's tolerance to various chemicals.
Taboo of ginseng soaking in water;
Ginseng mainly tonifies deficiency, but palpitation, dizziness, insomnia, etc. caused by excessive fire due to yin deficiency will aggravate the symptoms after taking ginseng; Damp-heat stagnation of edema, taking ginseng can make edema worse; Patients with hypertension who take ginseng often raise their blood pressure, and if abused, it can cause cerebral hemorrhage.
The effect of ginseng is to replenish vitality, remove body fluid and soothe the nerves. Treat fatigue, asthenia, anorexia, fatigue, nausea and vomiting, slippery stool, cough and dyspnea, spontaneous sweating, fright, forgetfulness, dizziness and headache, impotence, frequent urination, thirst quenching, metrorrhagia, children's slow fright, and chronic asthenia, all the symptoms of deficiency of qi, blood and body fluid. However, we should pay attention to its taboos when eating and soaking in water, and don't have side effects in pursuit of efficacy.