Ginseng

Ginseng has been known as the "e;King of Herbs"e; since ancient times. The earliest existing pharmacy monograph Shennong's Herbal Classic listed it as a top grade.Many physicians have researched and applied ginseng. They all agree that ginseng is the top drug to cure consumptive injury.Chinese Herbal Medicine on the Table:Ginseng introduces the special and effective ingredients of ginseng and its health care functions - reinforcing vital energy, recovering the sphygmus and prevent visceroptosis, nourishing the spleen and lung, producing saliva and blood, tranquilizing nerves and benefiting the intelligence; It can be used for treating weak body, cold limbs and faint pulse, and spleen deficiency and low food intake, lung deficiency and cough, deficiency of the body fluid and thirst, internal heat dispersion-thirst, blood and qi deficiency, weakness due to chronic illness, palpitation due to fright and insomnia, impotence and cold womb.Ginseng has a high medicinal value, and contains a variety of saponins and polysaccharides. It can effectively regulate the central nervous system, improve the heart's ability and frequency of contraction, stimulate the endocrine system, lower blood sugar, improve sexual function, promote the secretion of digestive juice, enhance body immunity, resist the spread and metastasis of cancer cells, and strengthen the hematopoietic function of the bone marrow.Chinese Herbal Medicine on the Table:The book also introduces the methods of identifying good ginseng, its application in the kitchen, preservation and eating taboos, etc.; in particular, it emphasizes on more than 130 ways of eating for households.