Is wild ginseng better or human ginseng?

Is wild ginseng better or human ginseng?

The living conditions of modern people have greatly improved. More and more people have begun to pay attention to health care and hope to use various precious nourishing ingredients to improve their physical fitness. For example, ginseng is a very precious medicinal material with strong nourishing effects. It is very suitable for improving physical fitness. However, there are many types of ginseng, including wild ginseng and human ginseng. Let's take a look at whether wild ginseng or human ginseng is better?

1. Different morphological characteristics

1. Wild ginseng: The rhizome (reed head) is short, erect or slanting upward, and does not thicken into a block. The taproot is enlarged, spindle-shaped or cylindrical. The aboveground stem is solitary, 30-60 cm high, with longitudinal stripes, glabrous, and with persistent scales at the base. The leaves are palmately compound, with 3-6 leaves arranged in whorls at the top of the stem. Young plants have fewer leaves; the petioles are 3-8 cm long, with longitudinal stripes, glabrous, and without stipules at the base.

2. Ginseng: The stem is erect, cylindrical, and unbranched; the one-year-old plant has only one leaf at the top of the stem, with three leaflets; the two-year-old plant still has only one leaf, but with 5 leaflets; the three-year-old plant has two opposite compound leaves with 5 leaflets; the four-year-old plant increases to 3 whorled compound leaves; the five-year-old plant increases to 4 whorled compound leaves; the six-year-old plant has 5 whorled compound leaves at the top of the stem.

2. Different effects

1. Wild ginseng: greatly replenishes vital energy and strengthens the functions of human organs. It can produce fluid to quench thirst, produce essence and strengthen yang. Produces blood and replenishes blood, nourishes the skin and beautifies. Refresh the mind, calm the nerves, improve brain thinking ability and enhance memory. Anti-fatigue, anti-aging, anti-cold, anti-high temperature, anti-cancer and disease prevention.

2. Ginseng: Ginseng can regulate the balance of the excitatory and inhibitory processes of the central nervous system; it can prevent and treat acute and chronic altitude sickness caused by hypoxia; ginseng preparations can increase the uptake of glucose in the rabbit brain, while reducing the ratio of lactic acid, pyruvic acid and lactic acid/pyruvic acid, and can convert the utilization of glucose from anaerobic metabolism to aerobic metabolism; it can increase the enzyme activity of the liver in metabolizing various substances, enhance the liver's detoxification ability, and thus enhance the body's tolerance to various chemicals.

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