Chinese Red Ginseng

Chinese Ginseng Function

The effects of Korean ginseng described in Pen Ts'ao Kang Mu are interpreted with a view of modern medicine and summarized as follows. Ginseng

1. Quickly restores men and women from weakness, and aids the function of internal organs.

2. With nerve tonic effect, relaxes patients suffering from exhaustion, palpitation and uneasiness.

3. Prevents viral disease and influenza by increasing the resistance.

4. Makes eye keen and enhances brain activity.

5. Has a notable effect on the subjective symptoms of diabetes such as thirst, overeating and frequent urination.

6. Halt severe vomiting.

7. Strengthens the stomach function, cures the acid dyspepsia and enhances digestive action.

8. Good for vomiting and habitual diarrhea caused by chronic gastroenteritis.

9. Helps reduce the gas in the stomach and the large intestine.

10. Good for internal diseases accompanied by physical weakness due to overwork or improper nourishing.

11. Can be used in case of paralysis or malfunction of hands and legs due to stroke of several apoplexies. And good for chill in the stomach as well as indigestion by suffering from heat.

12. If one takes ginseng regularly for a long period of time, it invigorates body and prolongs life.

13. Use it when one feels oppressed in chest and has difficulty in breathing due to indigestion or lack of physical vitality.

14. It destroys, terminates and restores the tumor tissues including cancer.

15. Promotes secretion from gall bladder and bronchus.

16. Good for indigestion from cold accompanied by fever.

17. Good for poisoning by misuse of mineral medicine.

18. Strengthens the lung function when breathing capacity decreases and irregular breathing occurs.

19. When in short of humor due to exhaustion, it promotes secretion of the body fluids.

20. Use it for all kinds of gynecological diseases during pregnancy or after delivery. It also vitalizes stamina, helps supplementing blood,and stops hemoptysis, hematuria and bleeding in the uterus, colon and stomach.

21. Controls fever caused by overworking of the heart, the lung, and the digestive system due to physical weakness or excessive labor.

22. Good for bad diarrhea and colitis.

23. Good for headache and dizziness.

24. Stops sweating from the loss of vitality as well as consumptive fever.

25. Can be used for frequent urination or urination difficulty.

26. As a cardiac stimulant, it promotes metabolism or aids blood circulation when used for neuralgia or paralysis in the limbs.

There are lots more books describing the effects of ginseng and its prescriptions. Recently, Chinese medicinal authorities reported seven effects of Korean ginseng, the Seven Efficacy Theories.

1. Ginseng increases stamina and prevents collapse: It restores energy and is effective when physical strength is weakened due to the various acute or chronic ailments, or in the case of temporary exhaustion. That is, it improves overall stamina.

2. It exerts hematopoietic action: It accelerates the formation of blood and thus helps the function of the lungs and spleen. It also restores metabolic disorders due to anemia, while enhancing homeostasis and blood circulation.

3. It improves one's mental condition and nervous functions: Ginseng enriches the mind and calms the nerves and removes mental anxiety induced by incomplete blood circulation or decline in heart function. That is, it acts to remove various stresses.

4. It increases the secretion of body fluids and quenches thirst: It normalizes the functional deficiencies of the lung, spleen and stomach, and thus improves the secretion of body fluids as needed, thereby quenching thirst. Thus it is implicated effective in the treatment of diabetes.

5. It normalizes pulmonary function: It is effective against the symptoms of asthma and coughing caused by weak function of the lungs. At the same time, it strengthens the stomach and spleen and thus restores energy. As it stabilizes breathing, it is effective against diseases of the respiratory system.

6. It strengthens the gastro-intestinal system: It strengthens the gastro-intestinal organs and thus stops diarrhea, energizes the digestive system and aids the digestive function.

7. It detoxifies poisons and treats inflammation: Ginseng removes the poisons inside the body and improves resistance against diseases that can be caused by incomplete metabolic functions, normalizes the skin¡¯s function and is effective against tumors.

8. Effects of Korean ginseng have been proved by modern science and chemistry.