2. It is used for fever, gas injury, body heat and thirst, and has the effect of benefiting qi and promoting fluid production. For body heat, excessive sweating, thirst and pulse deficiency, it can be used with gypsum and Anemarrhena asphodeloides, or with Trichosanthis Radix, Radix Rehmanniae and Radix Astragali to treat thirst.
3. Ginseng Radix Rubri also has obvious curative effect on spleen-qi deficiency, fatigue, eating less loose stool and other symptoms. Generally, it can be combined with Atractylodes macrocephala, Poria and Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch. Ginseng can also tonify lung qi, and can be used for shortness of breath and spontaneous sweating caused by weak lung qi. It can be used with herbs such as Astragalus and Schisandra.