Category:Tones
Subcategory:Tones the Qi
Name:
Pinyin name: Hong Shen
Pharmaceutical name: Radix Ginseng
Description: Hong Shen, literally ""red ginseng"", because steaming and then drying, it becomes red brown. Sometimes it's called Chao Xian Hong Shen .
Nature:Lukewarm
Flavour:Sweet, little sour,hot
Meridians:Spleen, Pulmon, Heart
Toxicity: Non toxic
Actions:
Tones specifically the Qi and and the Yang
Tones the Qi and the Blood, feeds the Yin
Helps the saliva flow
Consolidates the Heart and the Stomach
Induces the sedation
Indications:
Heart failure
Metrorrhagia and metrostaxis
Cold limbs with weak pulse
Comparisons:
Bai Shen (https://www.planeta-verd.com/ren-shen-bai-shen-radix-ginseng-albae-rt39.html?___store=en)
Is less powerful than Hong SHen. However, it generates more liquids when it's used with simultaneous deficiency of Qi and Yin or if the empty of Qi brings an empty-warmth like in Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang
Contraindications:
Syndrome of overheating without deficiency of Qi
Arterial hypertension
Incompatible with Li lu, Wu Ling Zi, Zao Jiao, Turnip, Tea
Dosage:
Decoction 3 ~ 9 g