Can the elderly eat ginseng?

　　Ginseng is the dried root of the Araliaceae plant ginseng. Its nature and flavor are sweet, slightly bitter, and flat. It enters the spleen, lungs, and heart meridians. It has the effects of greatly replenishing vitality, tonifying the spleen and lungs, producing body fluids and quenching thirst, calming the nerves, and increasing intelligence. It is suitable for diseases such as spleen deficiency, lung qi deficiency, and various qi deficiency syndromes. Materia Medica throughout the ages have fully affirmed that ginseng has the effects of tonic, anti-aging and longevity.

　　Modern research shows that ginseng mainly contains ginsenosides (more than 30 types have been isolated), a variety of amino acids (17 types), sugars, enzymes, organic acids and esters, sterols and their glycosides, vitamins, flavonoids, and volatile components such as ginsenolin alcohol and β-elemene with special fragrance. It also contains more than 20 inorganic and trace elements such as copper, zinc, iron, manganese, and germanium. Most of these ingredients are beneficial to the human body healthy。

　　What are the uses of ginseng?

　　The effects of ginseng are mainly reflected in the following aspects:

　　First, it can regulate the center nerve The system can improve the excitation and inhibition processes of the brain and bring them into balance; it can improve the ability of mental and physical work, improve work efficiency, and have anti-fatigue effects. Second, it can promote the brain's utilization of energy substances and improve learning and memory abilities. Third, it can increase myocardial contractility and slow down heart rate , increase cardiac output and coronary flow, and can resist myocardial ischemia and arrhythmia. Fourth, it can lower blood sugar, improve blood lipids, reduce blood cholesterol and triglycerides, increase high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (anti-atherosclerotic cholesterol), and has anti-atherosclerotic effects. Fifth, it can enhance sexual function and promote gonadal function and development. Sixth, it can enhance the body's immune function. Seventh, improving the resistance to harmful stimuli can enhance the body's stress ability and adaptability. Eighth, it can improve hematopoietic function. In addition, ginseng also has anti-radiation, anti-viral, anti-tumor, anti-shock and other effects.

　　Ginseng clinical Application method

　　The clinical application method of ginseng is to take it orally, 5 to 10 grams each time. It is better to decoct it over low heat and mix the juice into other medicinal soups before taking it; grind it into powder and swallow it, 0.5 to 1 gram each time, once or twice a day; in case of emergency, use a large dose, take 15 to 30 grams of the decoction each time and give it in divided doses. Ginseng can also be taken bucally. There was a man who elderly I suffered from episodic syncope, which could not be cured after a long period of treatment. Later, I took 2 grams of red ginseng each time, put it in my mouth and gradually swallowed it, twice a day. After taking the medicine for 1 month, he finally recovered. For such senile diseases, 1.5 to 3 grams of red ginseng can be taken bucally, twice a day, with 20 to 30 days as a course of treatment. Generally, recovery can be achieved in 1 to 2 courses of treatment.

　　For anti-aging and prolonging life, ginseng and lusaponin sugar-coated tablets can be taken orally, 3 times a day, 1 tablet (50 mg) each time, and a course of treatment is 2 months. Generally, it can alleviate the aging symptoms of the elderly, enhance memory, increase white blood cells, improve immune function, and improve pituitary-gonadal axis function and adrenal cortex function.

　　Generally, when the elderly take ginseng preparations, some can improve physical strength and intelligence, some can improve sleep, some can alleviate mental depression, and some can skin Aging (such as senile pigmentation and hair loss etc.) also have certain therapeutic effects.

　　It should be pointed out that ginseng is not a universal anti-aging and life-prolonging drug, and it is definitely not possible to live a healthy and long life simply by eating ginseng.