Benefits of the unusual ginseng root
Far Eastern ginseng and its healing properties have long been appreciated by the inhabitants of China, Japan, and the Korean Peninsula. For Europeans, ginseng root has recently begun to reveal its abilities. The study of its composition helps to find the best use of plant raw materials and to identify all the existing contraindications for admission.
Interest in culture and its useful properties led to the development of an entire industry of falsification. To avoid falling prey to deceivers, ginseng root should only be purchased from fully trustworthy vendors.
Description, features and composition of ginseng root
The ginseng plant and its root system have a very memorable look. Above the ground, a perennial plant has a rosette of dense green leaves with three or five-lobed leaf plates, as well as umbrella inflorescences. After pollination, in place of small white flowers, oval or rounded achenes of red color appear. The aerial part has no medicinal value.
The plant hides the main treasure under the ground. It is a powerful perennial rhizome, often shaped like a bizarre human figure.
The beneficial properties of ginseng root and contraindications for use are due to its biochemical composition. In refined plant materials, there are only 41 kcal per 100 grams, while the rhizomes contain a lot of vitamins, mineral salts and amino acids, peptides, essential oils, unsaturated fatty acids and saponins.
At the disposal of the consumer, ginseng root most often comes in the form of ready-made infusions, teas, capsules containing medicinal powder, as well as dried using a special technology. Such rhizomes are called "red ginseng".
Benefits of ginseng root
The discoverers and first researchers of the beneficial properties and contraindications of ginseng root were the traditional healers of Asian countries. The “root of life” has been recognized for many millennia in China and other countries of the region as the most effective tonic and tonic.
Today, representatives of traditional European medicine fully agree with them. Thanks to a comprehensive study of the composition of the root, it was possible to prove it:
- the ability to stimulate the work of the heart and vascular system;
- influence on the rate of adaptation of a person to intense stress and recovery after them;
- stimulating effect on the course of rehabilitation after illness;
- antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects;
- anticonvulsant effect;
- active influence on the sexual sphere.
The main sphere of influence of the ginseng root is the human nervous and circulatory systems. With regular controlled intake, a person adapts better to stressful situations, it is easier to endure serious physical and psycho-emotional stress. According to the instructions for use, ginseng root improves:
- tone of the heart muscle and blood vessels;
- blood supply to tissues and organs, as a result of which potency increases, breathing improves, endurance increases;
- brain activity.
What health problems and how to take ginseng root?
The plant belongs to medicinal, contains a lot of bioactive components. Therefore, it is better to use it for therapeutic and prophylactic purposes after consulting a doctor.
Ginseng root for men
Ginseng and preparations based on its root increase blood pressure, improve blood circulation, supply the body with minerals, amino acids, essential vitamins, and have a stimulating effect on many organs and systems.
Ginseng is often used as a natural herbal preparation to increase the body's endurance. For a huge number of men, ginseng root is an irreplaceable aid in their sex life.
Due to the rich trace element aftertaste, the presence of saponins and other components, ginseng is recommended for the stronger sex, who note that with age, after any diseases or for other reasons, they cannot maintain the same level of sexual activity.
In case of problems with potency, the ginseng root will not only increase the erection by improving the blood supply to the genitals, but also increase endurance, which will invariably affect the duration and quality of intimacy.
Abundance of vitamins, valuable oils, amino acids and minerals:
- has a positive effect on spermatogenesis;
- allows you to delay the appearance of signs of aging in men and a decrease in testosterone levels.
When and how to take ginseng root
Preparations based on ginseng root are indicated for low blood pressure, overwork or a long period of intense exertion. The Green Doctor strengthens the immune system. In older people, if there is no tendency to hypertension, it helps to maintain low cholesterol levels and fight the manifestations of atherosclerosis.
Ginseng, as one of the bioactive agents, is prescribed for diabetes. Plant materials have the ability to effectively lower blood sugar levels, promote glucose breakdown and improve blood quality.
Unlike men, women need to be careful when taking ginseng root in all forms.
Herbal medicine is indicated for VSD and signs of anemia. However, during a long course of taking ginseng can cause menstrual irregularities, cause hormonal disruptions.
Before brewing ginseng roots, plant raw materials are gently but thoroughly washed in cold running water. Then the rhizomes are dried on a napkin and crushed. A tablespoon of the prepared mass is taken into a glass of infusion, which is poured with drinking water and brought to a boil over low heat. After a few hours of infusion, the drink is ready. It is taken three times a day, half a teaspoon 30 minutes before meals.
Contraindications to taking ginseng root
In the presence of a mass of useful properties, ginseng root has contraindications. Taking active drugs is unacceptable during pregnancy and breastfeeding. Due to an increase in blood pressure, you can not drink infusions, tablets or tea with ginseng for hypertension, as well as for systemic heart rhythm disorders.
Due to the development of hyperactivity in children under 16 years of age, sleep disturbances and other unpleasant consequences, ginseng is not used in pediatric practice.
It is necessary to limit the use of a herbal preparation:
- with mild nervous excitability;
- in the presence of inflammatory, especially purulent processes;
- with excessive activity of the endocrine system.
A contraindication to the intake of ginseng root in men is the diagnosis of prostate dysplasia. A general ban on treatment with ginseng exists when benign tumors are found.
Even in the absence of visible symptoms of the disease, one should not self-medicate.The use of ginseng in treatment must take place with the consent and supervision of the attending physician.
Chinese ginseng helps very well, my husband was drinking it. there were no problems with potency, even smart simple began to use less often. but what they sell in our pharmacies does not work at all
Hello Maria, please tell me where did you get this ginseng?
Is it possible to take Ginseng in capsules if I have a benign breast tumor and had an operation (removal of the uterus, ovary, cervix), the diagnosis: grade 3 dysplasia turning into cancer. Can Ginseng be taken for cancer prevention? I have heredity. My father died of pancreatic cancer. Thank. I want to accept, but there are fears. I found nothing about oncology.
We do not give recommendations on the use of certain drugs, tinctures, decoctions. Our site is intended for general information about the rules of growing plants and their medicinal properties. Better consult a competent doctor. Only a complete comparison of the benefits and harms of taking traditional medicines in each individual case, taking into account the characteristics of the course of the disease and the patient's body, will make it possible to get an answer to your question.
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People panic at the word CANCER. Don't be scared. Wait a moment with the BIOPSY. It will only give the tumor strength. Do not touch. Advise the patient to take 45 drops of GINSENG tincture once a day. My husband was given a year to live. Lymphatic system !!! A pea appeared under his armpit. Appointed 10 sessions of UHF. After 5 sessions, a pea became the size of a female breast of size 7. Tragedy. Depression. I began to give my husband a tincture of ginseng. After 19 days, everything disappeared. But we didn’t go to BIOPSIA, although the doctors persistently insisted. This was in 1980. He lived until 2001. Died tragically at work. One ginseng root + 500 ml of vodka. Insist in the dark for two weeks. Drain and take. Pour the root with vodka again, again for 2 weeks in the dark, for the third time cut the root into circles, like a carrot. Insist again. You see how strong the root of GINSENG is - it is not for nothing that it is called the ROOT of LIFE. And then let the "wise men" say: "IT WAS NOT CANCER." She advised her neighbor, a Ukrainian woman, that she had come running in tears - her brother had stomach CANCER, did not see her after that for 3 years. When we met, I asked about my brother. Answer: "FORGOT about the tumor, works and drinks vodka, as before." This brother advised 2 comrades. Through him, I later received THANKS from them.
Dear Olga!
- In what dose you need to take the tincture and how many times a day.
BEFORE meals or AFTER?