Chinese medicinal herb called Pseudoginseng, also known as Tu Ren Shen or Tu Yang Shen, is a natural ingredient that can be used for both medicine and food. It is rich in nutrients. Let's explore the uses of Pseudoginseng below!
Uses of Pseudoginseng
1. Food: After washing the stems and leaves, they can be stir-fried or boiled for consumption. The tender stems and leaves can also be pickled with salt to make a side dish.
2. Medicine: The fresh stems and leaves can be mashed and applied externally for swelling and toxins. The whole plant can be used for diuresis, reducing swelling, tonifying the spleen, moistening the lungs, relieving coughs, regulating menstruation, and relieving diarrhea. The leaves can promote lactation and reduce swelling and toxins.
3. Ornamental use: Pseudoginseng can be used for flower beds and rock gardens, or as a potted plant.
Medicinal Uses of Pseudoginseng
1. Assisting in the treatment of anemia: The tender leaves of Pseudoginseng contain ginsenosides, amino acids, and various vitamins. Regular consumption can provide assistance in the treatment of anemia, neurasthenia, sexual dysfunction, and digestive system cancers.
2. Treating spleen deficiency and weakness: The roots of Pseudoginseng can be used to treat spleen deficiency and weakness. When dried and stewed, it can be used to treat malnutrition syndrome. When combined with other medicinal herbs, it can also regulate women's irregular menstruation.
Cultivation of Pseudoginseng
Pseudoginseng has attractive, juicy leaves and quickly produces arching cone-shaped flower clusters with pink star-shaped flowers. Surprisingly, these flowers appear repeatedly for a long period of time.
It is a plant that is planted in the summer and does not have difficulty in cultivation. It does well in places with abundant sunlight or minimal shade, and it is suitable as a low-tone plant.
It can tolerate dry conditions in rock gardens as it can withstand low moisture. If frost is avoided, it can overwinter outdoors.
Soil: In cultivation, it prefers well-drained soil rich in organic matter and moist conditions, but it can adapt to most types of soil, although heavy soil is not ideal; good drainage is preferred.
