Origin:
Amecican Ginseng is dried root of Panax quinquefolium L. The drug derived from the cultivation, is collected in autumn, washed clean, dried in the sun or lower temperature.
Action and Indications:
Invigorating qi and nourishing yin, clearing heat and promoting the production of body fluid. Deficiency of qi and YIn, inner heat, cough and asthma with blood-finged sputum, restlessness, dry mouth and throat.
Place of production:
It is mainly produced in United States and Canada. American Ginseng from the state of Wisconsin is of high quality.
Recipes of Medicated Diet:
1. American Ginseng and Dwarf Lilyturf Tuber Root Tea
[Ingredients]: 3g American Ginseng, 5g Dwarf Lilyturf Tuber Root
[Preparation]: Put American Ginseng and Dwarf Lilyturf Tuber Root into a tea cup and add boiling water. Administered like tea.
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Incompatibility of Drugs in Prescription
Chinese Traditional herbs are the main ingredients in the dietetic therapy. Of all the 5000 Chinese traditional herbs in the clinical use, more than 500 can be applied in the dietetic therapy. For example, dong chong xia cao, ren shen, dang gui, tian ma, du zhong, go qi zi, etc. The prescription follows the principle of TCM theory. In dieteic therapy, the application of drugs observes the rules of “eighteen clashes” and “inneteen incompatibilities”. “Eighteen clashes” are: gan cao clashes gan sui, da ji, hai zao and yuan hua; wu tou clashes bei mu, xi xin and shao yao. “Nineteen incompatibilities” are: liu huang incompatible with pu xiao; shu yin incompatible with pi shuang; lang du incompatible with mi tuo seng; ba dou incompatible with qian niu; ding xiang incompatible with yu lin; chuan wu and cao wu incompatible with xi jiao; ya xiao incompatible with with san ling; guan gui incompatible with ci shi zhi; renshen incompatible with wu ling zhi. We can refer to these incompatibilities of drugs in prescription; but there are some exceptions. However, this kind of prescription needs to be caried out under the guidance of professionals.
Incompatibility of Drugs and Food in Prescription
It is the accumulated experience of ancient people that we usually follow. Though some of the incompatibilities need to be testified, we should follow the traditional sayings and take the therapies with care. Generally speaking, sweat-inducing formula is incompatible with cold food; speen-stomach regulation formula is incompatible with fatty food; detumescence and qi-regulating formula is incompatible with beans; cough-checking and dyspnea-soothing formula is incompatible with fish; diarrhea formula is incompatible with fruits. The contraindications are: pork clashes wu mei; jie geng huang lian, hu qianhuang, bai he, cang su; mutton clashes ban xia, cang pu, cmdisin compatible with copper dan sha; dog meat clashes zhu shang lu, cmd is incompatible with xin ren; fish clashes hou pu, it incompatible mai dong; aparrow meat incompatible with bai zhu, plum; onion incompatible with chang shan, di huang, he shou wu and honey; radish incompatible with di huang, he shou wu, cinegar incompatible with fu ling; tu fu ling, wei ling xian incompatible with tea, etc.
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Origin
Astragalus Root is the dried roots of Astragalus membranaceus (Fisch) Bge. 
var. mongholicus (Bge.) Hsiao or Astragalus membranaceus (Fish.) Bge. The drug is collected in psring and autumn, removed from rootlet and root stock, dried in the sun.
Action and Indications
To reinforce qi and strengthen the superficial resistance, and to promote the discharge of pus and the growth of new tissue.
Radix Astragali (processed with honey): to reinoforce qi and invigorate the function of the spleen
Deficiencu of qi with lack of strength, anorexia and stools, sinking of the spleed qi manifested by chronic diarrhea, prolapse of the rectum, hematochezi and abnormal uterine bleeding; spontaneous sweating due to weakened superficial resistance; edema due to deficiency of qi; abscess difficult to hurst or heal; anemia; diabetes caused by internal heat; albuminuria in chronic nephritis; diabetes melitus.
Radix Astragali (processed with honey): Deficiency of Qi with lack of strength, anorexia and loose stools.
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