With it, you can also have the "power of the wild"

When the term "primordial power" is mentioned, many people may immediately think of the costume TV series "The Journey of Flower" which was a hit on TV last year. This year, at the Rio Olympics, Chinese athlete Fu Yuanhui advanced to the backstroke final and said in an interview, "I have used all my strength," which quickly became an Internet sensation. For a time, "unable to control the primitive power in the body" became a daily joke among netizens.

The so-called "primordial chaos" is actually the early state after the formation of the earth. Everything was in chaos and ignorance. The crust was very thin, earthquakes occurred frequently, the temperature was extremely high, and mountain building movements triggered many floods. But after several rounds of mountain building movements, the atmospheric circulation on the earth was gradually established and the crust tended to stabilize. From this we can see that the power of the ancient times is indeed very strong.

So, in the world of herbal medicine, are there any Chinese herbs that can greatly increase a person's strength? Of course there are, such as ginseng is one of them. Ginseng is a perennial herb of the genus Panax in the Araliaceae family. It is praised by the medical community as a good product that can "nourish yin, replenish life, strengthen the body and consolidate the foundation". It is known as the "king of herbs" and is a well-known tonic and strengthening medicine.

So, what are the effects of ginseng? In traditional Chinese medicine, ginseng tastes sweet, slightly bitter and slightly warm in nature; it enters the spleen, lung, heart and kidney meridians; it has the effects of greatly replenishing vital energy, restoring the pulse and strengthening the body, replenishing the spleen and lungs, promoting fluid and nourishing blood, calming the mind and improving intelligence; it is suitable for symptoms such as physical weakness and collapse, cold limbs and weak pulse, spleen deficiency and poor appetite, lung deficiency and wheezing and cough, thirst due to loss of fluid, internal heat and thirst, qi and blood deficiency, long-term illness and weakness, palpitations and insomnia, impotence and cold uterus. The general dosage is 3 to 9g. It can be decocted and taken orally; it can also be ground into powder and swallowed, 2g each time, twice a day.

The unique effect of ginseng lies in its function of replenishing vital energy, especially the single ginseng soup, which can treat symptoms such as vital energy exhaustion, cold limbs and sweating, and weak pulse. Just cut the ginseng into thin slices, put it in a pot, add about 100 grams of water, simmer for about 30 minutes, boil it to get the juice, add brown sugar and stir it before drinking. It has the effect of "resurrecting the dead". This feeling really makes people regain their "primordial power".

Although ginseng has powerful effects, there are still some precautions in clinical practice. For example, ginseng is generally used for deficiency syndromes, but not for excess syndromes and heat syndromes; according to the theory of Eighteen Antidotes and Nineteen Fears, ginseng should not be used together with Veratrum, Aconiti Lateralis Preparata, Gleditsia sinensis and other medicines. While taking ginseng, you need to avoid eating radish and various seafood, because radish "induces qi", while the function of ginseng is to "replenish vital energy". The two have three effects, one replenishes qi, and the other reduces qi, which just cancel each other out, so they cannot be used at the same time. According to the experience of old Chinese medicine practitioners, it is not advisable to drink tea while taking ginseng. When decocting or stewing ginseng, hardware cooking utensils are generally not used, and it is best to use a casserole.