The efficacy and function of ginseng

Ginseng strips can not only supplement the body's nutritional elements, but also help regulate various functions of the body. It also has high medicinal value. Today, I will take you to learn about ginseng strips.

【English name】 Panax ginseng CAMey

【Other name】 Ginseng strips

[Source] Medicinal material source: the adventitious roots on the rhizomes of ginseng, a plant of the Araliaceae family.

[Original form] Perennial herb, 30-70cm tall. The roots are enlarged, fleshy, cylindrical or spindle-shaped, branched at the ends, and have a light yellow outer skin. The leaves are palmate compound leaves with long petioles; the number of whorled leaves varies depending on the years of growth, generally one trifoliate leaf for one-year-olds and up to six leaflets for two-year-olds; there are 5 leaflets, occasionally 7, and the petioles are 1-3cm long; the leaflets are lanceolate or ovate, the lower 2 leaflets are smaller, 2-4cm long, 1-1.5cm wide, and the upper 3 leaflets are 4.5-15cm long, 2.2-4cm wide, with acuminate apex, cuneate base, finely serrated edges, green above, with sparse fine bristles along the veins, and glabrous below. The umbel is single and terminal, with a peduncle 15-25 cm long, and each inflorescence has more than 10-80 flowers, which are integrated into a spherical shape; the flowers are small, with a diameter of 2-3 mm; the calyx is green and 5-lobed; there are 5 petals, which are light yellow-green and ovate; there are 5 stamens, and the filaments are very short; the ovary is inferior, with 2 styles, fused at the base and separated at the top. The fruit is a drupe-like berry, oblate, 5-9mm in diameter, numerous, and clustered in a head. It is bright red when ripe. There are two seeds, milky white, 4-5mm in diameter, flat and oval, with one side truncated. The flowering period is from May to June, and the fruiting period is from June to September.

【Functions and indications】Tonify Qi; promote the production of body fluids and quench thirst. The body is weak and tired; the body fluid is lost and the body is thirsty

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 3-10g.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above only introduces some of the functions and effects of ginseng. In fact, it also has other effects, which I will not introduce here one by one. If you are interested, you can take a look at the effects and matters recorded in medical books.