Ren Shen
人蔘 rén shēn, "man root"

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	Tastes: Slightly Bitter , Sweet		Dosage: 3-9g. Usually cooked separately in a double boile

	Cautions: This is a slightly warm herb that aids fire and can contribute to retention of a pathogen. It must therefore be used carefully in cases where the presence of an external pathogen is clear. It should not be used in those with steaming bone disorder, bleeding due to heat in the blood, ascendant Liver yang, or in any condition due to fire from constraint. It should not be taken with high doses of caffeine or other stimulants. See Toxicity.		Meridians: Lung , Spleen
	Preparation: There are many varieties of this herb.		Quality: Good quality is thick, long, unfragmented and has a thin, yellowish white cortex. Red ginseng should be reddish brown and translucent. In wild varieties the lateral roots should also be very long.
	Reference Source: Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica (3rd edition) ('Bensky')		Notes: No notes at this time
	Formulas (100) bā zhēn tāng (Eight Treasure Decoction) bā zhēn yì mǔ wán (Eight Treasure Pill to Benefit Mothers) bái hǔ jiā rén shēn tāng (White Tiger plus Ginseng Decoction) bàn xià xiè xīn tāng (Pinellia Decoction to Drain the Epigastrium) baǒ yuán tāng (Preserve the Basal Decoction) bù dài wán (Cloth Sack Pill) bǔ fèi tāng (Tonify the Lungs Decoction) bǔ zhōng yì qì tāng (Tonify the Middle and Augment the Qi Decoction) chái hú jiā lóng gǔ mǔ lì tāng (Bupleurum plus Dragon Bone and Oyster Shell Decoction) chái hú jiā máng xiāo tāng (Bupleurum Decoction plus Mirabilite) chái hú sì wù tāng (Bupleurum and Four Substance Decoction) chái píng tāng (Bupleurum and Calm the Stoamch Decoction) cháng níng tāng (Intestinal Serenity Decoction) chūn zé tāng (Spring Pond Decoction) dà bǔ yúan jiàn (Great Tonify the Basal Decoction) dà fáng fēng tāng (Major Ledebouriella Decoction) dà jiàn zhōng tāng (Major Construct the Middle Decoction) dà zào wán (Great Creation Pill) dì gǔ pí yǐn (Lycium Root Bark Decoction) dí tán tāng (Scour Phlegm Decoction) dīng xiāng shì dì tāng (Clove and Persimmon Calyx Decoction) dìng zhì wán (Settle the Emotions Pill) dìng zhì wàn (Settle the Emotions Pill from the Wondrous Lantern) dú huó jì shēng tāng (Angelica Pubescens and Sang-Ji-Sheng Decoction) fù zǐ tāng (Prepared Aconite Decoction) gān jiāng rén shēn bàn xià wán (Ginger, Ginseng and Pinellia Pill) gōu téng yǐn (Uncaria Decotion) gù běn zhǐ bēng tāng (Stabilize the Root and Stop Excessive Uterine Bleeding Decoction) gù yīn jiān (Stabilize the Yin Decoction) gù zhēn tāng (Stabilize the True Decoction) guī lù èr xiān jiāo (Tortoise Shell and Deer Antler Syrup ) guī pí tāng (Restore the Spleen Decoction) hé rén yǐn (Polygonum Multiflorum Root and Ginseng Decoction) huáng lián tāng (Coptis Decoction) huáng lóng tāng (Yellow Dragon Decoction) jiā jiǎn bǔ zhōng yì qì tāng (Modified Tonify the Middle and Augment the Qi Decoction) jiā wèi mài mén dōng tāng (Augmented Ophiopogonis Decoction) jiā wèi sì wù tāng (Augmented Four Substance Decoction) jiàn pí wán (Strengthen the Spleen Pill) jǐu xiān sǎn (Nine-Immortal Powder) jú pí zhú rú tāng (Tangerine Peel and Bamboo Shavings Decoction) jú pí zhú rú tāng (Tangerine Peel and Bamboo Shavings Decoction (from formulas to aid the living)) jǔ yuán jiān (Lift the Source Decoction) lǐ zhōng ān huí tāng (Regulate the Middle and Calm Roundworms Decoction) lǐ zhōng wán (Regulate the Middle Pill) liù hé tāng (Harmonize the Six Decoction) liù jūn zǐ tāng (Six Gentleman Decoction) liù shén sǎn (Six Miracle Powder From Standards of Patterns and Treatments) mài mén dōng tāng (Ophiopogonis Decoction) miào xiāng sǎn (Marvelously Fragrant Powder) Qīng Xīn Líán Zǐ Yǐn (Lotus Seed Decoction to Clear the Heart) qīng zào jiù fèi tāng (Eliminate Dryness and Rescue the Lungs Decoctions) qū fēng zhì bǎo dān (Greatest Treasure Special Pill to Dispel Wind) rén shēn bài dú sǎn (Ginseng Power to Overcome Pathogenic Influences) rén shēn gé jiè sǎn (Ginseng and Gecko Powder) rén shēn hú táo tāng (Ginseng and Walnut Decoction) rén shēn huáng qí sǎn (Ginseng and Astragalus Powder) rén shēn yǎng yíng tāng (Ginseng Decoction to Nourish the Nutritive Qi) sān bì tāng (Three Painful Obstruction Decoction) sāng piāo xiāo sǎn (Mantis Egg-Case powder) shēn fù tāng (Ginseng and Prepared Aconite Decoction ) shēn líng bái zhú sǎn (Ginseng, Poria, and Atractylodes Macrocephala Powd) shēn sū yǐn (Ginseng and Perilla Leaf Decoction) shēng jiāng xiè xīn tāng (Fresh Ginger Decoction to Drain the Epigastrium) shēng mài sǎn (Generate the Pulse powder) shēng yáng yì wèi tāng (Raise the Yang and Benefit the Stomach Decoction) shèng yù tāng (Sage-Like Healing Decoction) shí hú yè guāng wán (Dendrobium Pill for Night Vision) shí quán dà bǔ tāng (All-Inclusive Great Tonifying Decoction) shí wèi wēn dǎn tāng (Ten-Ingredient Decoction to Warm the Gallbladder) shí wèi xiāng rú yǐn (Ten-Ingredient Decoction with Elsholtzia) sì jūn zǐ tāng (Four Gentleman Decoction) tài shān pán shí sǎn (Powder that Gives the Stability of Mount Tai) tiáo zhōng yì qì tāng (Regulate the Middle and Augment the Qi Decoction) wán dài tāng (End Discharge Decoction) wēn jīng tāng (Warm the Menses Decoction) wēn pí tāng (Warm the Spleen Decoction) wū méi wán (Mume Pill) wú zhū yú tāng (Evodia Decoction) xiāng bèi yǎng yíng tāng (Cyperus and Fritillaria Decoction to Nourish the Nutritive Qi) xiāng shā liù jūn zǐ tāng (Six Gentlemen Decoction with Aucklandia and Amomum) xiāng shā yǎng wèi tāng (Nourish the Stomach Decoction with Aucklandia and ) xiǎo chái hú tāng (Minor Bupleurum Decoction) xiāo fēng sǎn (Eliminate Wind Powder from Imperial Grace Formulary) xiǎo xù mìng tāng (Minor Prolong Life Decoction) xīn jiā huáng lóng tāng (Newly-Augmented Yellow Dragon Decoction ) xù mìng tāng (Prolong Life Decoction) xúan fù dài zhě tāng (Inola and Hematite Decoctioon) yǎng xīn tāng (Nourish the Heart Decoction) yì gōng san (Extraordinary Merit Powder) yì qì cōng míng tāng (Augment the Qi and Increase Acuity Decoction) yín qiáo bài dú sǎn (Honeysuckle and Forsythia Powder to Overcome Pathogenic Influences) zài zào sǎn (Renewal Powder) zhēn rén yǎng zàng tāng (Immortal's Decoction to Nourish the Organs) zhēn zhū mǔ wán (Mother of Pearl Pill) zhì gān cǎo tāng (Honey-Fried Licorice Decoction) zhǐ shí xiāo pǐ wán (Immature Bitter Orange Pill to Reduce Focal Distention) zhōng mǎn fēn xiāo tāng (Separate and Reduce Fullness in the Middle Decoction) zhōng mǎn fēn xiāo wán (Separate and Reduce Fullness in the Middle Pill) zhú yè shí gāo tāng (Lophatherus and Gypsum Decoction)

Family:

Araliaceae (Aralia)

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Alternate Names:

Pharmaceutical: Ginseng Radix

Botanical:

Japanese: ninjin

Korean: insam

Common: ginseng root

Temperature: Slightly Warm

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