Effects and functions of Ganoderma lucidum and ginseng wine

Basically, most families have the habit of soaking feet in wine, but each family chooses different medicinal materials for foot soaking. Ganoderma lucidum and ginseng are two Chinese medicinal materials that are often used to soak medicinal wine. Because Ganoderma lucidum and ginseng can exert their best medicinal value if soaked for a long time, drinking wine soaked with Ganoderma lucidum and ginseng regularly has obvious health benefits for the body. The following article will explain to readers the benefits of Ganoderma lucidum and ginseng wine.

1. What are the effects of Lingzhi ginseng wine?

1. Restlessness, insomnia, palpitations

This medicine is sweet and mild in nature. It enters the heart meridian, can replenish heart blood, benefit heart qi, and calm the mind. Therefore, it can be used to treat restlessness, insomnia, palpitations, frequent dreams, forgetfulness, fatigue, and poor appetite caused by insufficient qi and blood and malnutrition of the mind. It can be taken alone as a powder, or taken together with angelica, white peony root, spiny jujube seed, cypress seed, longan meat, etc.

2. Cough, wheezing and excessive sputum

This taste is sweet and nourishing, and is mild and slightly warm in nature. It enters the lung meridian, replenishes lung qi, warms the lungs and resolves phlegm, relieves cough and asthma, and can often treat phlegm and fluid syndrome, especially those with cold cough, excessive phlegm and asthma, and is especially effective for phlegm-dampness type or deficiency-cold type. It can be used alone or together with other Qi-invigorating and lung-tonifying, Yang-warming and fluid-transforming medicines such as Codonopsis pilosula, Schisandra chinensis, dried ginger, and Pinellia ternata.

3. Consumption

This product has the effect of nourishing qi and blood, so it is often used to treat symptoms such as shortness of breath due to deficiency, loss of appetite, cold hands and feet, or irritability and dry mouth. It is often used in combination with tonic drugs such as Cornus officinalis, ginseng, and Rehmannia glutinosa, such as Zizhi Pills (Shengji Zonglu).

2. Practice

Ingredients: 100 grams of Ganoderma lucidum, 30 grams of ginseng, 300 grams of rock sugar, and 1500 milliliters of white wine.

Preparation method: Slice the ginseng, wash and slice the ganoderma lucidum, crush the rock sugar, put the ginseng, ganoderma lucidum and rock sugar into a wine jar, add white wine and seal the jar tightly, soak for 10 days, then take the wine and drink it. Take twice a day, 20 ml each time.

Efficacy: The main function of this medicinal wine is to treat lung deficiency, asthma, indigestion and other problems. If you suffer from tuberculosis, long-term cough, indigestion and excessive phlegm, you can take this Ganoderma lucidum ginseng wine.

Dosage: Take twice a day, 15-20 ml each time.

3. What should not be taken with ginseng?

1. Three kinds of Chinese medicine

These three Chinese medicines are Veratrum, Aconiti Radix Gleditsiae, and Gleditsia sinensis. Ginseng is a traditional Chinese medicine, and Chinese medicine pays attention to compatibility. Generally speaking, ginseng should never be taken with Veratrum, Aconiti Lateralis Preparata, and Gleditsia sinensis. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that ginseng has opposite effects on these three traditional Chinese medicines. Using them together will affect the efficacy of ginseng and may even cause adverse reactions in the body.

2. Certain Western medicines

The combined use of ginseng and cardiac glycosides (for treating chronic arrhythmia) can cause cardiac glycoside poisoning. Using ginseng together with anesthetics will reduce the anesthetic effect. When ginseng is used together with atropine-type drugs (for treating visceral colic), it will affect the vocal cords and cause dry throat.

3. Various radishes

Ginseng is particularly good at replenishing Qi, while radish has the effect of breaking Qi, so ginseng cannot be eaten together with radish. No matter what kind of radish it is, it cannot be eaten with ginseng.

4. All kinds of tea

Tea contains a lot of tannic acid, and the content of tannic acid is even higher in strong tea. Tannic acid can hinder the body's gastrointestinal absorption. Don’t drink tea after eating ginseng, otherwise it will be a waste of food. Some people with poor gastrointestinal function will even feel bloated.

5. Spicy food

When taking Chinese medicine, the doctor will advise you to eat a light diet. Ginseng is also a traditional Chinese medicine. If you are taking ginseng, you must avoid eating spicy foods.

By explaining the effects, preparation methods, and contraindications of Ganoderma Lucidum Ginseng Wine, we can have a better understanding of Ganoderma Lucidum Ginseng Wine. Friends, especially elderly friends, if you are interested, you can try to follow the steps in the article to make a bottle of Ganoderma Lucidum and Ginseng wine by yourself. If you take it in moderation every day, your body will be healthier.