What is the medicinal value of blood ginseng?

Blood ginseng is a very precious and famous medicinal material. When watching TV dramas, you should often see that when someone is sick, they will eat some ginseng as a tonic. Therefore, ginseng has always been considered as a very precious and nourishing medicine. In fact, in addition to its nourishing effect, blood ginseng also has many medicinal values. But what are its specific medicinal values? Let me give you a detailed explanation below.

[Common name] Blood ginseng (Guiyang Folk Herbs)

The source is the dried root of Indigofera stachyoides Lindl., a plant of the Leguminosae family. It can be dug up throughout the year, the mud and sand are removed, and the root is dried in the sun. This product is also used by ethnic minorities in Guizhou Province.

【Nature and flavor】Pungent, slightly bitter, warm. ① "Fujian Folk Herbs": bitter and pungent, warm. ② "Guiyang Folk Medicinal Herbs": slightly bitter, flat, non-toxic (tastes sweet after cooking).

[return through meridians] "Mindong Materia Medica": enters the lung and spleen meridians.

The efficacy and function of blood ginseng

Relieve exterior symptoms, resolve phlegm, promote dampness removal and promote blood circulation.

It is used to treat colds, fever, headache, cough, stranguria, abdominal pain due to blood stasis in women, metrorrhagia, carbuncle, and erysipelas.

① "Fujian Folk Herbs": Promote blood circulation, promote qi circulation, remove dampness and detoxify.

② "Mindong Benbi": It can reach the surface and dispel heat, resolve phlegm and stop cough.

It is used to treat colds and coughs, chills and fever, headaches and body pains, convulsions in children, abdominal pain caused by ascaris, and abdominal pain caused by blood stasis in women.

Usage and Dosage of Blood Ginseng

For internal use: decoct in water, 3-5 qian (1-2 liang for fresh); or stew with meat.

For external use: mash and apply.

Blood Ginseng Recipe

①To treat asthma caused by phlegm in children: 1-2 grams of dried root of Panax ginseng. Boil one cup of water and drink it with honey. ("Mindong Materia Medica")

②Treat lung abscess: 2 liang each of fresh blood ginseng and bitter ginseng. Roast until charred, grind into powder, and mix with pork liver for consumption. ("Mindong Materia Medica")

③Treatment of red stranguria and leucorrhea: 2 liang of Radix Ginseng, 5 qian of Rhubarb and 5 qian of Achyranthes bidentata. After boiling the water, take 4 liang of crucian carp, cut it in half without washing it, add 2 qian of ginger, 1 qian of green onion, and 4-5 qian of vinegar. Take it as a decoction. (Guiyang Folk Medicinal Herbs)

④ Treat yellowing of the whole body and weakness of the limbs: 3 liang of Radix Ginseng and 0.5 jin of tofu, stew and drink. (Fujian Folk Herbs)

Extended reading: Medicinal materials of blood ginseng

The root head is large and irregular in shape, with a rough surface; the lower part is slender, with fine longitudinal wrinkles on the surface; the whole root has lenticels, the outer skin is gray-brown, and the inside is gray-purple after peeling.

It is hard, light yellow in cross section, fibrous and has a slight aroma.

Produced in Guizhou, Fujian and other places.

The above is about the medicinal value of blood ginseng. Although the medicinal value of blood ginseng is high and its value is very precious, there is no need to take it as a tonic for no reason. Because if you take too much of this tonic, it will cause blood heat, which is not good for the body.