American Ginseng

Nervous dyspepsia; mental and other forms of nervous exhaustion from overwork.

Action and Therapy. A mild, stimulating tonic whose effects are observed only after quite a long period of administration. It is a feeble nerve stimulant and as such is adapted to nervous exhaustion of a mild type from too close application to work, and to mild forms of nervous dyspepsia and slight stomachic debility. As a medicine it acts kindly and quietly, giving a grateful sense of comfort to the stomach.

Therapy. This agent is an important article of commerce in China, being a general domestic remedy and highly prized. It is a mild sedative and tonic to the nerve centers, improving their tone, if persisted in, and increasing the capillary circulation of the brain. It is given in cerebral anemia, and if combined with other tonics is capable of doing some good. It is also prescribed in the failure of digestion incident to nervous prostration and general nerve irritation.

Properties and Uses. The root of ginseng (often supposed to be the same with gentian) is a very mild tonic, somewhat aromatic and diffusive, principally relaxant, and making its chief impression upon nervous structures. As a soothing and nervine tonic, it answers a fair purpose in simple forms of dyspepsia, nervousness, hysteria, and similar cases of nervous sensitiveness with debility.

primary-actions. American Ginseng acts primarily as: Adaptogenic, Qi tonic (yin-sparing), Immunomodulatory, Hypoglycemic, Antioxidant, Anti-fatigue, Cognition-supporting. Secondary actions include Tonify qi, Nourish yin, Generate fluids, Clear deficient heat, Adaptogen, Immunomodulator.