White Ginseng Efficacy and Effects

White ginseng is sweet, flat and slightly bitter, which can benefit the qi and strengthen the spleen, nourish the lungs and produce body fluid, and is often used to regulate qi deficiency, blood collapse, weakness of the spleen and stomach, loss of appetite, tiredness and weakness.

Anti-fatigue

White ginseng contains not only ginsenosides, but also fat, sugar, amino acids and vitamins, which can nourish and strengthen the central nervous system, improve the excitation and inhibition process of the brain, increase the ability of brain and physical work, and anti-fatigue.

Nourishing and Educational

White ginseng has the effect of tranquilizing the mind and educating the mind. It is often used in combination with heart and mind-quenching herbs to treat the symptoms of restlessness, insomnia and forgetfulness caused by deficiency of qi and blood.

Nourishing Yin and replenishing deficiency

White ginseng has the function of nourishing yin and clearing deficiency heat. It can be taken for the treatment of people who are suffering from warm-heat disease, low fluids, internal dryness and thirst, intestinal dryness and constipation, frequent seminal emission and blood loss.

Replenish vital energy

White ginseng has the effect of replenishing vital energy and is suitable for people who are weak after illness, prenatal and postnatal weakness, neurasthenia, menopause and hangover.

Prevent and treat cardiovascular diseases

White ginseng can increase myocardial contractility, slow down heart rate, increase cardiac output and coronary blood flow, prevent myocardial ischemia and arrhythmia, and have certain effects on heart function, cardiovascular and blood flow. It plays a role in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases.

Promoting cough

It can be used with gypsum and Zhi Mu to improve the discomfort of thirst, heat injury to Qi-Yin, body heat and thirst; it can be used with medicine for nourishing Yin and clearing heat to eliminate internal heat and thirst, and is suitable for people with internal heat and Qi-Yin deficiency.

How to consume white ginseng

Brewing: Cut white ginseng into thin slices, take four to five slices at a time and brew with boiling water, cover with a lid for 3 to 5 minutes; Chewing: Cut white ginseng into thin slices after steaming, dry and take one or two slices at a time by mouth or chewing; Decoction: chop white ginseng, add 500 ml of water and decoct to 350 ml, then mix the juice twice and divide into two portions, drink once in the morning and once in the evening.

Contraindications of taking white ginseng

White ginseng is a qi tonic, it should not be taken casually without qi deficiency, misuse or overdose will easily lead to closed qi, chest tightness and abdominal distension; avoid eating radish after taking white ginseng, radish down qi, white ginseng tonic qi, easily lead to the failure of the medicine.