Handbook of Medicinal Herbs

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AMERICAN GINSENG, GINSENG (Panax quinquefolius L.) +++

Activities (American Ginseng) — Adaptogen (f; FAD); Anticonvulsant (f; DEM); Antipyretic (f;
DEM); Aphrodisiac (1; CRC; FAD); Carminative (f; CRC); Cerebrotonic (f; DEM); Demulcent (f;
CRC; FAD); Depurative (f; DEM); Diaphoretic (f; DEM); Diuretic (f; CRC); Expectorant (f; DEM);
Hypertensive (1; FAD); Hypoglycemic (f; CRC); Panacea (f; CRC); Stimulant (f; CRC); Tonic (f;
CRC; FAD); Vermifuge (f; DEM).

Indications (American Ginseng) — Aging (f; CRC); Anemia (f; CRC); Anorexia (f; DEM);
Arthrosis (f; DEM); Bleeding (f; DEM); Boil (f; DEM); Carbuncle (f; DEM); Childbirth (f; DEM);
Cholera (f; DEM); Colic (f; DEM); Convulsion (f; DEM); Debility (f; CRC); Diabetes (f; CRC);
Dyspepsia (f; DEM); Dyspnea (f; DEM); Fatigue (f; CRC); Fear (f; DEM); Fever (f; DEM); Gas
(f; CRC); Gastrosis (f; CRC); Gonorrhea (f; DEM); Headache (f; DEM); Hepatosis (f; DEM);
Hyperglycemia (f; CRC); Impotence (1; CRC; FAD); Infertility (f; DEM); Insomnia (f; CRC); Low
Blood Pressure (1; FAD); Nausea (f; DEM); Neurasthenia (f; CRC); Ophthalmia (f; DEM); Otosis
(f; DEM); Palsy (f; DEM); Pulmonosis (f; CRC); Respirosis (f; DEM); Swelling (f; DEM); Syncope
(f; DEM); Tuberculosis (f; DEM); Tumor (f; CRC); VD (f; DEM); Vertigo (f; DEM); Water
Retention (f; CRC); Worm (f; DEM); Wound (f; DEM).

Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (American Ginseng) — Class 1 (AHP). Not
covered exactly in PH2 where, unfortunately, they list American (P. quinquefolius) and Siberian
Ginseng (Eleutherococcus senticosus) among the trade names for oriental ginseng (Panax ginseng),
rendering the entire PH2 entry suspect.
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