What are the taboos of drinking American ginseng?

Eating American ginseng can greatly enhance the vitality of our heart and has a certain calming effect. Eating some American ginseng after being tired can quickly restore physical strength. Eating some American ginseng after drinking can have the effect of sobering up. In addition, eating American ginseng can enhance our memory ability and prevent Alzheimer's disease. Although American ginseng has many benefits, there are many taboos that need to be paid attention to when drinking American ginseng.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that American ginseng is cold in nature, sweet and slightly bitter in taste, and enters the lung and spleen meridians. It has the effects of replenishing qi, clearing away heat and relieving restlessness, and nourishing and producing body fluids. It is usually used for symptoms such as lung deficiency and long-term cough, dry mouth and throat, restlessness and insomnia, fatigue of the limbs, shortness of breath due to blood loss, etc. Excessive bleeding in gynecological diseases, such as functional uterine bleeding, postpartum hemorrhage, and uterine fibroids, which cause yin deficiency and internal heat; those who have hot flashes, thirst, irritability, insomnia, and irritability due to physiological reasons during menopause; those who have yin deficiency and internal heat, yin deficiency and internal heat, thirst due to loss of body fluid, red urine and bloody stools after surgical treatment of cervical cancer, uterine cancer, and ovarian cancer, as well as radiotherapy and chemotherapy, can all be treated with American ginseng. Patients with coronary heart disease who suffer from qi and yin deficiency, palpitations, shortness of breath, fatigue and dry throat can take American ginseng orally every day, which will be effective if used for a long time.

Although American ginseng is unique in treating diseases and improving health, it also has contraindications. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that people with insufficient yang energy or cold and dampness in the stomach should not take it. For example, children with pale complexion, swollen face and limbs, fear of cold, slow heartbeat, loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain and bloating, loose stools, greasy white tongue coating, etc., as well as children with developmental delay and indigestion should not take American ginseng. People with colds, coughs, or acute infections with dampness and heat should not take American ginseng. American ginseng has side effects like other medicines. For example, some people may experience chills, hypothermia, loss of appetite, abdominal pain and diarrhea after taking American ginseng; some may experience dysmenorrhea and prolonged menstruation; others may have allergic reactions, with scattered blisters of varying sizes and abnormal itching on the upper and lower limbs. After stopping the medication, the blisters will disappear on their own.

The above briefly introduces the taboos of eating American ginseng. Although American ginseng is a good tonic, its specific effects are still suspected of being exaggerated in China. In Europe, the United States and other places, American ginseng is not a popular tonic. Therefore, you must be cautious when eating American ginseng.