Researches on Gingseng
- Author:
Hoang Bao Chau
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Gingseng
- MeSH:
Medicine, Traditional;
Therapeutics;
Medicine, Herbal
- From:Journal Reasearch of Vietnam Traditional Medicine and Pharmacy
2003;0(11):3-7
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Ginseng has been a precious traditional remedy, used to invigorate primodial “qi”, to tonify the blood and promote the secretion of body fluid, and relieve mental stress. The main constituents of Ginseng, which were attributable to biological activities, were saponins, including 13 ginsenosides. Ginseng was proved to have the following effects: Promoting both excitatory and inhibitory process of the nervous system, rehabilitating the balance, therefore reversing nervous disorders associated with mental stress; Fighting against fatigue, raising the ability of intellectual and physical works; Enhancing the potential body respondence to harmful stimulations; Acting on the endocrinal system, such as pituitary gland, adrenal cortex, genital gland; Influencing on the metabolism of glucid, lipid, protid; Regulating the cardiac functions, blood vessels and blood pressure; Protecting the kidney; Broad antibacterial spectrum
