Patient's question:
I plan to visit my uncle in a couple of days and will bring some ginseng. However, he has high blood pressure. Is it okay to eat ginseng with high blood pressure?Doctor's answer:
Ginseng has a certain blood pressure-regulating effect and is mainly used for patients with qi deficiency and physical weakness. If you have symptoms such as insufficient qi and blood, shortness of breath, fatigue, neurasthenia, or forgetfulness, you can take ginseng orally in appropriate amounts to nourish your body. However, for patients with hypertension, long-term consumption of ginseng may have a certain impact on blood pressure. Therefore, it is better to go to the traditional Chinese medicine department of a hospital for syndrome differentiation and treatment to see how to properly use ginseng.