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American ginseng (Xiyangshen)
Pharmaceutical Name: 1. Radix Panacis quinquefolii;
2. Radix ginseng americane
Botanical Name: Panax quinquefolium L.
Common Name: American ginseng
Source of Earliest Record: Shennong Bencao
Jing
Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical
Preparations: The three to six year old root
is dug in autumn, dried in the sun and cut
into slices.
Properties & Taste: Bitter, slightly
sweet and cold
Meridians: Heart, lung and kidney
Functions:
1. To replenish qi and promote body fluids;
2. To nourish yin and clear heat
Indications & Combinations:
1. Deficient yin in the lungs and excessive
fire manifested as asthma and cough with bloody
sputum. American ginseng (Xiyangshen) is used
with Ophiopogon root (Maidong), Donkey hide
gelatin (Ejiao), Anemarrhena rhizome (Zhimu)
and Tendrilled fritillary bulb (Chuanbeimu).
2. Exhaustion of qi and yin from febrile
disease manifested as thirst, irritability,
shortness of breath and deficient pulse. American
ginseng (Xiyangshen) is used with Fresh rehmannia
root (Shengdihuang), fresh Dendrobium (Shihu)
and Ophiopogon root (Maidong).
Dosage: 3-6 g
Cautions & Contraindications: This herb
should be cooked separately, then added into
the decoction of other herbs. It is contraindicated
for a person with cold and dampness in the
stomach. It counteracts the herb Black false
bellebore (Lilu). When frying or decocting,
pots made from iron should not be used. |
