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To increase efficacy and reduce any negative reactions ginseng is often used with other herbs. Traditional herbalists will rarely use the root by itself.
Dr. John Ray Christopher used ginseng in his BPE, blood pressure formula, his Adrenal formula, and also his Prospalate formula. Each formula contains Siberian ginseng, Eleutherococcus.
Sheng-Mei-San (SMS), is a traditional Chinese formulation comprising Radix Ginseng, Radix Ophiopogonis and Fructus Schisandrae, has been used for more than 700 years for patients with coronary heart disease. It has also long been used for treatment of loss of essence-energy and excessive body fluid, and is especially prescribed for patients with coronary artery disease (Chen and Li, 1993). Sheng-Mei-San will moisten the lungs and can be used to expectorate a chronic cough.
Bu Zhong Yi Qi Wan is an ancient formula where ginseng is combined with astragalus and other herbs to help the body assimilate the ginseng. It is used for those who are exhausted, weak and cold, or if they have chronic loose stools.
The traditional Chinese way to take medicine is to chew in pill form. For this reason the medicine is made palatable with dates or honey, or some other substance.
Heffer in “The complete book of Ginseng” lists the following remedies:
Extract of ginseng and Aristolochia (Shen Shu kao): …
4 oz of ginseng to one catty of Aristolochia recurvilabra.,,,Especially useful in intestinal disturbances, dysentery, and snake bite, and as a general tonic.
Tincture of Panax Schinseng (Jen Shen Chiu)
A fermented mixture of ginseng and rive used for physical debility.
Resolvent decoction (Chi chung t’ang):
A medicine employed for diseases of the internal organs; especially the heart, lungs and spleen. It contains ginseng, ginger Atractylis ovata, and licorice root.
Sixteen Herb Tea (Mu tea)
A traditional tonic of ginseng Ligusticum, Paeonia root, cypress, orange peel, ginger, Rehmannia, cinnamon, cloves, peach kernels, Coptis, licorice, Cnicus Atractylis, moutan and hoelen.
Purple clavaria Pills (Tzu chih wan)
Purple clavaria, dioscorea quinqueloba, Aconitum fischeri, Thuja orientalis, polygala reinii, Pachyma cocos, Citrus fusca, Rehmannia glutinosa, Ophiopogon spicatus, Schizandra chinesis, Pinellia tuberifera, Aconitum variegatum, Paeonia moutan, ginseng, polygala sibirica, fruits of Polygonum hydropiper, Alisma plantago, melon seed kernels, and honey. Purple clavaria is Ling Chi a very famous mushroom. Used as a tonic virtually every Chinese herb is in this formula. [19]
