5 medicinal recipes from ginseng
In Oriental medicine, sâm cau is considered a kidney tonic and aphrodisiac, often used to treat impotence, cough, loose stools, 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 narrowly lanceolate with pointed ends, 15-40cm long, 12-35mm wide, 10cm long petiole, looking 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 baked 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 roots 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, is 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, loose stools, stomachaches, etc. Used externally, crushed and applied to scabies and ulcers.
Oral: Take 6-12g daily in decoction or alcohol.
3. Medicine with ginseng
Master, Doctor Nguyen Quang Duong introduces some medicinal recipes using sâm cau as follows:
- Cure rheumatism, cold back pain, nervous breakdown, impotence:Slice and roast 100g of ginseng, 10g of Chinese clematis root, 500ml of white wine. Soak for 7 days or more. Drink twice a day, before main meals, a small cup of about 25-30ml each time.
- Treatment of impotence due to functional neurological disorders:20g of ginseng, 12g of Chinese clematis root, 12g of Chinese clematis root, 12g of Chinese clematis root, 12g of Chinese clematis root, 12g of Chinese clematis root, 12g of Chinese clematis root, 12g of Chinese clematis root, 12g of Chinese clematis root, 8g of Chinese clematis root, and 8g of Chinese clematis root. Boil all of these in 1 liter of water until 300ml remains, divide into 2-3 doses to drink during the day, before meals.
-Treatment of asthma and diarrhea:Dry the roots of the ginseng, slice them thinly and fry them until golden brown. Use 20g, boil with 250ml of water, reduce to 50ml, drink once a day, before meals, or soak 20g of ginseng in water and drink during the day.
-Treatment of rheumatism and body aches:Cau ginseng root, fo-ti, hy thien thao, each 20g, soaked with 500ml white wine, for 7 - 10 days (or the longer the better).
- Internal hemorrhoids bleeding:20g of ginseng, 8g of codonopsis pilosula, 20g of scrophularia, 15g of roasted thuja, 20g of eclipta prostrata, 15g of rehmannia glutinosa, 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.
