Xi Yang Shen
| Xi Yang Shen in TCM:Explore the properties of Xi Yang Shen according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: American ginseng
Pharmacuetical Name: Radix Panacis Quinquefolium
Properties: sweet, bitter, cold
Temperature:
Channels: LU, HT, KD
Flavors:
Tonifies: qi
Special Properties:
circulates qi, resolves dryness
Actions / Indications:
- Benefits the Qi and generates fluids (yin deficiency
with heat signs; chronic unrelenting fever; sequelae of disease with
symptoms of weakness; irritability and thirst)
- Nourishes LU yin and clears LU fire (Lung yin deficiency
with blazing fire: wheezing, coughing, blood-streaked sputum; loss of
voice)
- (cc: damp-cold of ST)
- (cc: incompatible with Li Lu)
- (cooking: often decocted separately in a double boiler)
- (properties: cold)
Special Notes:
- Often decocted separately in a double boiler.
- Both Xi Yang Shen and Ren Shen tonify qi
and body fluids, but Xi Yang Shen is weaker to tonify qi and stronger
to clear LU Yin deficient fire.
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