5 medicinal recipes from ginseng
In Oriental medicine, sâm cau is considered a kidney tonic and aphrodisiac, often used to treat impotence, cough, diarrhea, stomachache, etc.
1. Characteristics of ginseng
Sâm cau is also known as ngai cau, tien mao. Scientific name: Curculigo orchioides Gaertn. Belongs to the Hypoxidaceae family. Sâm cau is a type of grass 40cm or more tall, with long cylindrical underground stems. The leaves are narrow lanceolate with pointed ends, 15-40cm long, 12-35mm wide, 10cm long petiole, looks similar to areca leaves.
Sâm cau grows commonly in many northern provinces of our country. In addition, it is also found growing in Cambodia, India, Malaysia, Thailand, China, Philippines...
The part used is the root, washed, sliced, dried or oven-dried to make medicine.
2. Uses and dosage of sâm cau
According to Master, Doctor Nguyen Quang Duong - Department of Internal Medicine, Tue Tinh Hospital, some ethnic minority areas in our country use the root of this plant as a tonic, so it is called ginseng, because the leaves resemble areca leaves, so it is called ginseng. In India, this root is also considered a tonic.
According to Oriental medicine, sâm cau has a spicy taste, warm properties, slightly toxic, enters the kidney meridian, has the effect of warming and nourishing kidney qi, strengthening yang, warming the middle, drying dampness, dispersing blood stasis, eliminating cold and dampness, strengthening tendons and bones, regulating digestion...
In addition, people also use sâm cau to treat coughs, hemorrhoids, jaundice, diarrhea, stomachaches, etc. For external use, crush and apply to scabies and ulcers.
Oral use: Take 6-12g daily in decoction or wine form.
3. Medicine with ginseng
MSc. Dr. Nguyen Quang Duong introduces some medicinal recipes using sâm cau as follows:
- Cure rheumatism, cold back pain, nervous breakdown, impotence:Thinly sliced and fried 100g of ginseng, 10g of Chinese clematis root, 500ml of white wine. Soak for 7 days or more. Drink twice daily, before main meals, each time a small cup of about 25-30ml.
- Treatment of impotence due to functional nervous disorders:20g of ginseng, 12g of Chinese clematis root, 12g of watercress, 12g of Chinese clematis root ... Morinda officinalis, 12g of Morinda officinalis, 12g of Morinda officinalis, 12g of Acanthopanax officinalis, 8g of Dipsacus asper, 8g of Acanthopanax officinalis. Make 1 dose of all of the ingredients, add 1 liter of water and boil down to 300ml, divide into 2-3 doses to drink during the day, before meals.
-Cure asthma, diarrhea:Dry the roots of the Chinese ginseng, cut into thin slices, and fry until golden brown. Use 20g, cook with 250ml of water, reduce to 50ml, drink once a day, before meals, or soak 20g of Chinese ginseng in water and drink during the day.
-Treatment of rheumatism and body aches:Cau root, fo-ti, hy thien thao, each 20g, soak with 500ml white wine, for 7 - 10 days (or the longer the better).
- Internal hemorrhoids bleeding:20g of Chinese clematis root, 8g of codonopsis pilosula, 20g of Scrophularia ningpoensis, 15g of roasted Thuja orientalis, 20g of Eclipta prostrata, 15g of Platycodon grandiflorum, 8g of Cimicifuga. Boil and drink in 2 doses, morning and evening, after meals.
Note: People with yin deficiency and fire excess should not use sâm cau.
