Is it good to drink ginseng leaf water every day?

Health benefits of ginseng leaves

VietNamNet newspaper quoted physician Bui Dac Sang of the Hanoi Oriental Medicine Association as saying that the ginseng plant is a familiar herb in Vietnam, considered the ginseng of the poor because it has many health benefits. The entire plant is used as medicine, each part has different effects from the stem, leaves, and roots. People use the most roots soaked in wine or honey.

The leaves are also a valuable medicinal herb in folk medicine, used by people as a spice, and used to treat headaches. Many places use the leaves of the Polyscias fruticosa to cook soup with meat and fish to nourish the body during times of fatigue and immune deficiency.

In Oriental medicine, the leaves of the Polyscias fruticosa are sweet, bitter, aromatic, and slightly cool. These leaves are used in medicines to cool the blood, detoxify, fight bad odors, promote urination, and reduce itching. They are used to treat allergies, coughing up blood, and dysentery.

Polyscias fruticosa leaves also help stop bleeding. People with bleeding skin wounds, wash and crush Polyscias fruticosa leaves and apply them to the wound to quickly stop bleeding and help the wound heal quickly.

Every day, people use Polyscias fruticosa leaves as herbs to eat with other dishes or make tea to drink instead of filtered water every day.

Abusing water from ginseng leaves is not good for your health.

Is it good to drink ginseng leaf water every day?

Health & Life Newspaper quoted Dr. Dang Hanh - Faculty of Traditional Medicine, Hanoi Medical University, saying that water from the leaves of the Polyscias fruticosa tree has many health benefits. However, you should not overuse water from the leaves of the Polyscias fruticosa tree every day instead of filtered water because it can cause unwanted effects on the body.

The leaves of the Polyscias fruticosa contain saponin which can cause fatigue, nausea and dizziness. Therefore, you should only drink Polyscias fruticosa leaf water in moderation, for a certain period of time and consult your doctor if you use it daily.

In addition, fresh ginseng leaves when just picked still have a lot of sap, especially the amount of sapnopin in fresh leaves is very high, if consumed in large amounts can cause diarrhea, digestive disorders in people with irritable bowel syndrome.

When dried, the sapnopin substance will be significantly reduced, thereby not causing some of the above side effects.

In addition, when dried to boil water or make tea, you will feel the aroma and gentle flavor. Therefore, drinking dried ginseng leaves will be very suitable for those who do not like the pungent, strong smell of fresh leaves.

The above information answers the question "Is it good to drink water from ginseng leaves every day?". Although ginseng leaf water is good for health, it must be drunk properly. Continuous and long-term use of ginseng leaf water can cause many unwanted side effects.

Thanh Thanh (Synthesis)

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