Ginseng helps increase endurance, cure back pain and knee pain

Specialist Doctor 2 Huynh Tan Vu, lecturer of the Faculty of Traditional Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ho Chi Minh City, said that the ginseng plant is considered as “ginseng of the poor”, because it is not only used as a vegetable but also a medicine that has the effect of improving health and curing many diseases.

Polyscias fruticosa, scientifically known as Polyscias fruticosa, is a small, smooth, thornless plant, usually 0.8-1.5 m high, with irregularly serrated leaflets and aromatic leaves. In folk medicine, Polyscias leaves are often used in fish salads, spring rolls...

The ginseng plant is known as "ginseng of the poor".

Regarding the chemical composition of ginseng, there are alkaloids, glucosides, saponins, flavonoids, tannins, vitamin B and amino acids. Regarding pharmacological effects, studies show that ginseng helps increase the body's endurance. In folk medicine, ginseng leaves, in addition to being used in fish salad, are also used in some places to treat coughs, promote urination, promote lactation, and severe dysentery.

Some remedies from ginseng

Treat fatigue : Dry and thinly slice 0.5g of ginseng root, add 100ml of water, boil for 15 minutes, divide into 2-3 doses to drink during the day.

Clear milk ducts, increase breast milk supply : 30-40g of ginseng root, add 500ml of water and boil down to 250ml. Drink while still warm. Drink for 2-3 days, breast pain will go away and milk ducts will be cleared.

Cure back pain and knee pain: Use 20-30g of ginseng stem and branch, boil to get water and divide into 3 times to drink during the day. Can combine with mimosa root, chrysanthemum and licorice root.

Cure impotence : 12g each of ginseng root, Chinese yam, coix seed, polygonum multiflorum, wolfberry, longan, rice bran; 8g each of buffalo neck, ban longan extract, and 6g of cardamom. Boil and drink 1 dose per day.

Treatment of hepatitis : 12g of ginseng root; 20g of Chinese clematis root; 16g of coix seed; 12g each of gardenia fruit, Chinese yam, Chinese bean, cogon root, Chinese clematis root, Acanthopanax root, and Acanthopanax root; 8g each of uat kim, turmeric, and achyranthes. Boil and drink 1 dose per day.

Treat allergies, measles, cough, dysentery : Boil 10g of dried ginseng leaves with 200ml of water and drink during the day.

Cough and asthma : Take ginseng root, fritillary, black beans, mulberry bark, turmeric, and thick-leafed perilla, all 8g; Chinese skullcap 6g, dried ginger 4g, pour 600ml and boil down to 250ml. Divide into 2 doses per day. Drink while the medicine is still warm.

However, Dr. Vu noted that if you use high doses of ginseng root, you will get drug intoxication and experience fatigue, vomiting, and diarrhea.

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