The following points, which are often overlooked, I believe many people who are not very in-depth in pharmacology will not know. From dosage, material selection to compatibility, one cannot be less.
1. The daily amount of ginseng is ≤3g.
Shen Nong's Classic of Materia Medica lists ginseng as the top grade. According to the records in the book, the top grades are all non-toxic products after long-term administration. But now many people say that ginseng abuse syndrome will occur after taking ginseng for a long time, but this is abuse.
Not to mention ginseng, even if ordinary drinking water is drunk too much a day, it will be poisoned, and adverse reactions are the result of abuse.
In the experiment of ginseng abuse syndrome, the researchers gave healthy people (without qi deficiency) a daily dosage of 15g, and after taking it for one month, they developed symptoms such as anxiety, insomnia and nosebleeds.
Therefore, the premise of adverse reactions is not to distinguish physical fitness+long-term use+overdose.
Second, the selection of ginseng does not need too long years.
The age of ginseng for health care need not be too long, and it is not necessary to use wild ginseng. Just choose cultivated ginseng with peaceful nature.
Most of the ginseng sold in the market is cultivated, and the wild ginseng resources are still relatively scarce, and the price is ridiculously high. Pure wild ginseng is usually collected for later use. When in emergency, the whole stewed ginseng soup is given to patients who have fainted.
It takes a small amount of ginseng for a long time to nourish yang, as the saying goes: less fire makes you angry, stronger fire makes you eat gas.
In addition, many people eat ginseng to get angry, because they eat red ginseng as ordinary ginseng. Red ginseng is fresh ginseng picked, soaked, steamed, dried and dried. After this series of steaming and drying processes, the heat of red ginseng is greatly enhanced, and it is generally used to save patients with yang deficiency and vitality for deficiency and cold.
This is obviously more than the ordinary people. Therefore, ginseng used for health care at ordinary times is generally sun-dried ginseng, or white ginseng.
Third, choose the right season to eat ginseng.
Ginseng is best taken in autumn and winter, so that the yang can be absorbed by the human body and it is not easy to get angry.
Because in spring and summer, everything is yang-based, and people take ginseng, a drug that tonifies yang-based, and the yang-based is easy to grow, and the fire is inflamed, so it is easy to turn the yang-based tonic of ginseng into internal heat, resulting in symptoms of nosebleeds.
However, in autumn and winter, the qi of all things began to dive, which is just suitable for eating ginseng. Using the rhythm of natural yang deposition and collection, the yang of ginseng was sealed in the body to improve the constitution of yang deficiency.
Fourth, eating ginseng depends on whether it is suitable for you.
Ginseng tonifies qi, enters the heart, spleen, lung and kidney meridians, so it is suitable for people with qi deficiency and yang deficiency.
The manifestations of heart-qi deficiency: palpitation, palpitation and sweating easily.
The manifestations of spleen-qi deficiency: loose stool, bad appetite, fatigue of limbs, anorexia and abdominal distension.
The manifestations of lung qi deficiency: chest tightness, asthma, fear of wind and low voice when moving.
The manifestations of kidney-qi deficiency: premature ejaculation, nocturia, and tepid limbs.
People who are not suitable for eating ginseng: people who are full of gas and fire are often angry, afraid of heat and cold, and people with yellow and greasy tongue coating are not suitable for eating.