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Top Product Attributes

  • Common Name

    Korean Ginseng, Panax Ginseng

  • Botanical Name

    Panax ginseng

  • Part Used

    Root

  • Clinical Summary

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  • Monograph

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  • Alcohol

    60%

  • Dose

    10 to 80mL weekly

Ginseng root has been used empirically for thousands of years in Asian countries. It is one of the most important medicinal products in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Its indication as a general tonic, along with those of physical performance enhancer, ‘adaptogen’ and aphrodisiac, has survived to this day. It is used as a tonic for the treatment of physical or mental exhaustion, stress, lowered immunity, general weakness, cold extremities, lack of appetite, weakness and wasting after long duration of illness, anxiety accompanied with heart palpitations and insomnia, impotence and infertility in women and cardiac insufficiency. 

Main Product Attributes
A guide to Korean Ginseng and its properties

  • Traditional Use

    The man-shaped root was initially taken as a whole body treatment according to the ‘doctrine of signatures'.

  • Actions

    Adaptogen, tonic, immunostimulant, anticancer, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antiproliferative, antiallergic, antiemetic, antidepressant, demulcent, stomachic, aphrodisiac, stimulant, diuretic, neuroprotective, cardioprotective, antihypertensive

  • Indications

    •    Support cognitive function and/or reduce mental fatigue (in cases of mental stress), enhance physical capacity/performance (in cases of physical stress), cancer related weakness, cardiac insufficiency, anxiety accompanied with heart palpitations
    •    Lowered immunity; impotence, menopausal symptoms
    •    Cold extremities; lack of appetite, weakness and wasting after long duration of illness and during convalescence
    •    Diabetes and supportive therapy for the promotion of healthy glucose levels
    •    Short term to improve stamina, concentration, healing processes, stress resistance, vigilance and work efficiency in healthy individuals
    •    Long term (up to three months – a repeated course is feasible) to improve wellbeing in debilitated and degenerative conditions especially those associated with old age

  • Energetics

    Sweet, slightly bitter and slightly warm. Tonifies the ‘primal qi’ and the ‘qi of all organs’, especially that of the lungs and spleen.

  • Use in Pregnancy

    While use in TCM formulas in Asia is common during pregnancy and lactation, caution is advised.

  • Contraindications & Cautions

    Older literature suggests ginseng is contraindicated during acute illness, haemorrhage and the acute period of coronary thrombosis. It’s also recommended that people who are highly energetic, nervous or schizophrenic should avoid it, and it should not be taken with stimulants, including caffeine (coffee), antipsychotic drugs or during treatment with hormones. The scientific basis for many of these statements is not clear.

  • Drug Interactions

    Caution with caffeine, digoxin, imatinib (chemotherapy medication), insulin, midazolam (a benzodiazepine with sedative properties), monoamine oxidase inhibitors (antidepressants), nifedipine (a medicine used to treat high blood pressure), oestrogens, raltegravir (an antiretroviral medication used to treat HIV/AIDS), anticoagulant/antiplatelet (such as warfarin), antidiabetic, immunosuppressant and stimulant drugs (such as cocaine, methamphetamine, nicotine and prescription stimulants such as Ritalin). May be beneficial with cancer therapy (chemotherapy and radiotherapy) under medical supervision.

  • Dietary Information

    Vegan friendly. Gluten and dairy free

  • Substitutes

    Codonopsis, Withania, Siberian Ginseng, Gotu Kola