Can ginseng leaves be eaten?

China has many vivid animations about ginseng. Some animation makers even designed ginseng into a ginseng doll that can transform and made the ginseng god into a human figure. The root of ginseng has more nutritional value. Many people do not pay much attention to the ginseng leaves when digging ginseng. Can ginseng leaves be eaten? Although ginseng leaves are not as nutritious as ginseng roots, their effects and functions are also very powerful. Let's learn about them together.

1. The efficacy and function of ginseng leaves

1. Used for thirst caused by summer heat. It has the functions of clearing away heat, promoting fluid and quenching thirst. It is used to treat thirst caused by summer heat. When combined with Ophiopogon japonicus, Talcum, Watermelon rind, etc., it has the effect of relieving heat and quenching thirst.

2. Used for damage to body fluid caused by febrile disease, insufficient stomach yin, and thirst. Treats damage to body fluid caused by fever. It has weak effect when used alone, so it can be combined with gypsum, rhizoma anemarrhenae, rice and other drugs to enhance its antipyretic and body-warming effect. To treat dry mouth caused by stomach heat and yin damage, you can use herbs such as reed root, imperata root, and ophiopogon to clear away heat and promote salivation. For the treatment of diabetes, if the disease is caused by heat and damage to the yin, it can be used with herbs such as Radix Trichosanthis, Asparagus cochinchinensis, and Coptis chinensis to clear away heat, promote fluid production, and quench thirst; if the disease is caused by damage to both the qi and yin, it can be used with herbs such as Raw Astragalus, Ophiopogon japonicus, and Schisandra chinensis to replenish qi, nourish yin, and quench thirst.

3. Used for dry cough due to lung dryness. Ginseng leaves can clear the lungs and produce fluid, and can treat dry cough caused by warm and dry weather that damages the lungs. It has a slow effect when used alone, and is often combined with other medicines such as Anemarrhena asphodeloides, Fritillaria thunbergii, and mulberry leaves to achieve the effect of clearing dryness, moistening the lungs and relieving cough.

4. Used for toothache caused by deficiency of internal heat. Ginseng leaves can reduce internal heat and treat toothache caused by internal heat. They can be combined with raw rehmannia, ophiopogon japonicus, raw cyathula, etc. to nourish yin, reduce internal heat and relieve pain.

2. How to choose ginseng leaves

This product is often tied into small bunches, in bundle or fan shape, 12 to 35 cm long. The palmate compound leaves are long-petiolated, dark green, and arranged in whorls of 3 to 6. There are usually 5 leaflets, occasionally 7 or 9, which are ovate or obovate. The leaflets at the base are 2-8 cm long and 1-4 cm wide; the leaflets at the top are similar in size, 4-16 cm long and 2-7 cm wide, cuneate at the base, gradually pointed at the tip, with fine serrations and bristles on the edges, the veins on the upper surface are bristly, and the veins on the lower surface are raised. Paper, fragile. Fresh aroma, slightly bitter and sweet taste

3. Ginseng leaf production techniques

Oral administration: decoction: decoction, 3-10g

4. How to store ginseng leaves

Keep in a cool, dry place, away from moisture

5. Taboos on eating ginseng leaves

It should not be used together with Li Lu