American Ginseng Slices
American ginseng slices contain saponins, volatile oils, proteins, amino acids, polysaccharides, nucleic acids, peptides, vitamins and trace elements.
Consumption Methods
Soaking‑in‑water method: The optimal way to consume American ginseng is to slice it. It can be brewed with water on its own, or decocted separately and mixed with other medicinal herbs. The daily intake is generally limited to within 10 grams. American
ginseng slices are especially suitable for people such as teachers who need to speak for long hours and tend to consume qi, resulting in shortness of breath and fatigue. It can refresh the mind and improve vocal condition.
Decoction method: Slice American ginseng, take 3 grams and put it in a sand pot, add an appropriate amount of water, and simmer gently for about 10 minutes. Consume the ginseng slices together with the decoction on an empty stomach before breakfast.
Stewing‑in‑water‑bath method: Slice American ginseng, take 2‑5 grams daily and place in a porcelain bowl. Add proper water to soak for 3‑5 hours, cover the bowl, then place the bowl in a pot and steam‑stew in water bath for 20‑30 minutes. Take it half
an hour before breakfast.
Steaming method: Dry American ginseng over low heat and grind into fine powder. Take 5 grams each time, mix with one egg, and steam until cooked.
Chewing‑and‑holding method: Steam American ginseng in a sand pot to soften it, then slice it. Place the slices in a clean small glass or porcelain bottle. Hold 2‑4 slices in the mouth before breakfast and after dinner every day, chew thoroughly and swallow.
Powder‑infusion method: Dry American ginseng over low heat and grind into fine powder. Take 5 grams and put in a cup, add a little honey, pour in boiling water, cover and steep for 5 minutes. It can be taken in several portions, preferably on an empty
stomach.
Jujube‑stewing method: Take 20 grams of fresh American ginseng and 5 jujubes, add proper water, and stew in water bath to make ginseng‑jujube soup. Drink it on an empty stomach every morning and before going to bed at night.
Chicken‑stewing method: Remove internal organs and clean an old hen. Stuff 50 grams of American ginseng into the chicken belly, sew up the belly with thread. Add water to submerge the chicken without salt. Bring to boil over high heat first, then simmer
over low heat until chicken is tender, leaving two‑thirds of the soup. Eat a small bowl of chicken and soup every day.
In addition, please note: Do not drink tea, coffee or eat radish while taking American ginseng, so as not to reduce its efficacy.
Efficacy Characteristics
American ginseng contains various ginsenosides, volatile oils, sterols, polysaccharides, as well as vitamins, amino acids and trace elements. It has sedative and anti‑inflammatory effects, can enhance memory, improve myocardial ischaemia, lower blood
lipids, inhibit platelet aggregation, and boost immune function.
It can be seen that American ginseng is most suitable for patients with deficiency of both qi and yin accompanied by heat. Its unique feature is that it is neither hot nor dry. People who are not suitable for ginseng therapy and hot tonification can use
American ginseng instead. However, it is not suitable for people with yang‑deficiency constitution, such as cold‑aversion, cold limbs, diarrhoea, cold‑dampness in the stomach, spleen‑yang weakness, and greasy and turbid tongue coating.
Product Effects
American ginseng has diverse effects with bidirectional regulatory functions. Research findings from scholars at home and abroad in recent years show that the main pharmacological effects of American ginseng are summarized as follows:
1. Effects on the central nervous system: It has sedative, memory‑enhancing, nerve‑growth‑promoting, anticonvulsant, analgesic and antipyretic effects. It is applicable to neurasthenia, mental disorders, memory decline, geriatric diseases and other conditions.
2. Effects on the cardiovascular system: It has anti‑arrhythmic, anti‑myocardial‑ischaemic and anti‑reperfusion‑injury effects. It is applicable to arrhythmia, coronary heart disease, acute myocardial infarction, coronary artery bypass graft surgery and
other conditions.
3. Effects on the blood system: It has anti‑haemolytic, haemostatic, blood‑coagulability‑lowering, platelet‑aggregation‑inhibiting, lipid‑regulating, anti‑atherosclerotic and blood‑glucose‑lowering effects. It is applicable to hyperlipidaemia, arteriosclerosis,
geriatric diseases, diabetes and other conditions.
4. Adaptogenic effects: It has anti‑fatigue, anti‑hypoxia‑ischaemia, anti‑shock and anti‑hunger‑thirst effects. It is applicable to various types of shock.
5. Effects on the immune system: It can promote lymphocyte transformation, induce immune‑factor production and enhance the body’s immune function. It is applicable to the elderly with physical debility and people with low immunity.
6. Effects on the endocrine system: It acts on the pituitary‑adrenal‑cortex system (ACTH‑like) and pituitary‑gonadal system. It promotes synthesis of serum protein, bone‑marrow protein, organ protein, brain protein and fat, stimulates stem‑cell protein
(RNA‑polymerase activity) synthesis, and facilitates fat and glucose metabolism. It is applicable to geriatric diseases, sexual‑function hypofunction, anaemia and cancers.
7. Effects on the urinary system: It has antidiuretic effects. It is applicable to Addison’s disease and geriatric diseases.
8. Effects on tumours and viruses: It can inhibit cancer‑cell proliferation and viruses such as herpes simplex. It is applicable to various cancers and viral diseases.
Functions and Indications: Tonify qi and nourish yin, clear heat and promote fluid production. It is used for qi‑deficiency and yin‑impairment, internal heat, cough with dyspnoea and phlegm‑blood, vacuous‑heat restlessness and fatigue, consumptive thirst,
dry mouth and sore throat.
Usage and Dosage: Infusion: 3‑6 grams per day; stewing soup: 5‑20 grams each time.
Precautions: This product should not be used together with Veratri Nigri Radix et Rhizoma.
Storage: Store in a cool and dry place.
Contraindications for Use
The main component of American ginseng slices is American ginseng. Although American ginseng has unique pharmacological effects, traditional Chinese medicine holds that "all medicines have some toxicity". Therefore, American ginseng has certain
contraindications and matters needing attention:
1. Do not drink strong tea while taking it. Tea contains large amounts of tannic acid which will destroy the active ingredients of American ginseng. You may drink tea 2‑3 days after taking American ginseng. It is also better to avoid coffee, as coffee
also affects the efficacy of American ginseng.
2. Do not take it together with radish. American ginseng tonifies qi, while white radish dissipates qi (clearing heat, detoxifying and cooling). The two foods are contradictory. From a nutritional perspective, they cannot be eaten together. From the perspective
of TCM pharmacology, white radish is incompatible with many tonics. Eating white radish when ill may aggravate conditions, such as colds or blisters.
3. Watch out for adverse reactions: Some people may experience cold‑aversion, lowered body temperature, poor appetite, abdominal pain and diarrhoea after taking American ginseng. Some may have dysmenorrhoea and delayed menstruation. Others may develop
allergic reactions with scattered blisters of varying sizes on upper and lower limbs and severe itching. The blisters will subside spontaneously after stopping medication.
4. In traditional Chinese medicine, American ginseng is a cool‑natured medicine, suitable for tonifying qi and nourishing yin. If you have heat symptoms such as dry mouth and restlessness, hot palms and soles, flushed face and constant fatigue, American
ginseng tonics can help conditioning. On the contrary, avoid taking American ginseng if you have productive cough, excessive saliva or oedema, otherwise symptoms will worsen. Besides, "Do not tonify when there is no deficiency". Do not take
American ginseng slices frequently if you have no physical discomfort.
5. American ginseng is not suitable for damp‑syndrome. Consider seasonal factors when taking it. Dry autumn and winter are suitable for taking American ginseng instead of ginseng or red ginseng; spring and summer are more suitable for ginseng.
6. American ginseng contains ginsenosides which can boost human resistance. Therefore, people with weak physical condition such as the elderly and seriously‑ill patients can take American ginseng regularly to improve physical fitness. For patients with
chronic diseases such as chronic hepatitis B, taking American ginseng helps control and improve conditions. For people with intestinal‑heat haematochezia, according to Lei Ju Yao Fang, steaming American ginseng together with longan flesh can clear
intestines and stop bleeding.
Matters needing attention while taking American ginseng slices:
1. Maintain good work‑and‑rest habits and try to avoid staying up late.
2. Eat less spicy and irritating food.
3. Take part in outdoor sports actively and relax your mood.
4. Do not put too much pressure on yourself and learn to relieve pressure reasonabl Premium dried ginseng slices sourced from Changbai Mountain. Food‑grade raw herbal material. Suitable for tea‑brewing, congee, soaking in wine, chewing and decocting.｜選用長白山原產乾參片，食品級草本食材，可用於泡茶、煲粥、泡酒、咀嚼、煎湯多種食用方式。
Our ginseng slices are carefully hand‑sliced into thin pieces. Thin slicing makes the raw material easier for daily home cooking. Every piece goes through slow natural air‑drying process, no quick high‑temperature baking. We do not add sulfur, sugar,
filler or any extra processing agents. Zero‑extra "industrial tricks". What you receive is 100% natural dried ginseng raw material, only the ginseng itself.｜我們全部手工切製薄片，切薄適合家庭日常使用，每一塊參片採用自然緩慢晾曬，不做高溫急烘，全程不熏硫、不加糖、不添加任何填充劑，沒有多餘加工添加，您收到即是100%天然西洋參原料。
Thorough drying brings real benefits for you. Fully‑dried slices store much better at home, less chance of getting damp or moldy during storage. When you steep, boil or brew them, thin slices release their original flavour faster. You can clearly observe
the natural texture and ring lines on each slice, simple and authentic.｜充分乾燥利於保存，參片不易返潮發霉，泡水烹煮時香氣釋放更快，每一片參片紋路圈紋清晰，貨品真實樸實。
We source raw materials carefully. Before slicing, we sort roots one‑by‑one, remove defective parts, and keep stable consistent quality for every batch.｜原料逐根篩選，切片前剔除殘損部位，維持每一批次穩定品質。
Suggested Usage & Dosage Reference, this product is food‑grade raw material for culinary purpose only.｜食用建議與用量參考，本產品僅為食品級烹調食材。
Tea / Hot water steeping：Take 2‑3 thin slices, pour 200‑250ml hot boiling water. Steep for 5‑10 minutes. You can refill hot water repeatedly until flavour fades.｜熱水泡茶：取2‑3薄片，倒入200‑250ml滾燙開水，浸泡5‑10分鐘，可反覆續水直到香氣變淡。
Soup / Decoction：Add 3‑5 thin slices when you cook chicken soup, bone soup or vegetable soup. Put slices in while simmering, keep low heat for 20‑40 minutes.｜煲湯煮湯：煲雞湯、骨湯、蔬菜湯時放入3‑5薄片，小火慢燉20‑40分鐘。
Congee / Porridge：2‑4 thin slices together with rice, cook porridge on slow fire.｜煲粥：米中放入2‑4薄片，小火熬煮成粥。
Direct oral holding: Place one slice in your mouth in the early morning. It tastes slightly bitter at first, followed by a sweet aftertaste.｜口含服用：早晨可取一片置於口中含服，初入口帶微微苦感，之後會慢慢透出回甘。
Direct chewing：Take 1‑2 slices for direct chewing.｜直接咀嚼：取1‑2片直接嚼食。
Soak in wine：Put 10‑15 slices inside wine container for herbal wine infusion.｜泡酒：酒壇放入10‑15片浸泡。
Storage tip：Please keep sealed, store in cool dry place, avoid humid environment.｜保存方式：請密封置於陰涼乾燥處存放，避免潮濕環境。
