Efficacy of ginseng
As we all know, the efficacy of ginseng is not only that it is a precious medicinal material, but more importantly, it has special pharmacological effects. In recent years, with the deepening and development of ginseng research, people have found some new uses. 1. Treatment of chronic hepatitis: Japanese scholars have proved through animal experiments that ginseng can obviously protect the liver injury of mice, reduce the level of serum transaminase and improve the immunity of the body. 2. Anti-cancer: It is reported that ginseng extract contains a variety of anti-cancer substances, such as ginsenoside and polysaccharide. At the same time, it also contains active ingredients such as anti-ulcer, anticoagulant and immune function enhancement. 3. Anti-aging: Total ginsenoside (Rgl) can inhibit the growth of A549 cells in vitro, and the MDA content in the same group as SOD decreased; Decreased DNA synthesis; GSH-Px promoted cell proliferation.
Ginseng is a good student in the Chinese herbal medicine market, so what are the ways to use ginseng?
How to eat ginseng?
Experts suggest that it is best to use fresh ginseng or fresh ginseng roots to make soup. 4. Lowering blood sugar: There is an ingredient called "glycyrrhizic acid" in ginseng, which can effectively prevent diabetic complications-diabetic foot.
Boys, uncles and grandfathers who like to drink can soak in wine.
There are three kinds of ginseng.
There are three main kinds of ginseng. The first kind is the classic big water ginseng, which is characterized by short life and large ginseng body. If you want to give consideration to both economy and nutrition, you can choose Dashui Ginseng for five to seven years, and Wanliang Ginseng is available in the market. Because many links of middlemen are omitted, the price of the place of origin is much cheaper. The map of Dashui Ginseng is as follows.
The second kind is ginseng under the forest, and the price is medium.
What is ginseng under the forest? In the wild Linzhi area of Linzhi County, many people say that they have found ginseng here. In fact, this is not a real "ginseng", but a kind of medicinal material called ginseng under the forest. It grows in hillside grassland, forest or shrub below 3500 meters above sea level and has certain medicinal and ornamental value. Ginseng under forest, also known as wild ginseng, is mainly composed of triterpenoid saponins, which contain many pharmacological active substances such as saponins and polysaccharides, and can also enhance the body's immunity and antioxidant capacity. At present, there is little research on ginseng under forest in China, but with the improvement of people's living standards and the strengthening of health awareness, personal experience predicts that ginseng under forest will become one of the development directions of Chinese medicine market in the future!
The forest is as shown below.
The last kind of ginseng is also a kind of pure wild ginseng that we don't often see. When it comes to wild ginseng, the first thing people think of is tight skin, fine lines and tight bowls! Wild ginseng is characterized by brown root bark and white hair on its fibrous roots. The meat quality of ginseng seedlings grown under natural conditions is pale yellow or milky white, while the color and texture of wild ginseng are obviously different. The dried wild ginseng is shown in the figure below.