Asian ginseng

Research corpus coverage

Chemistry notes

• CHEMISTRY: Relevant reported constituents include ginsenosides; polysaccharides; constituent presence alone does not establish clinical efficacy.

Traditional / historical use

Documented traditional use — not a claim of established efficacy.

• TRADITIONAL: Asian ginseng has been used for fatigue; vitality; cognition; glucose control; this records historical/traditional use and does not establish efficacy.

  MODERATE · evidence synthesis/fact sheet · NCCIH Herbs at a Glance

Modern evidence

• EVIDENCE: For the major use set (fatigue; vitality; cognition; glucose control), the evidence assessment is limited/mixed: Limited/mixed systematic reviews for fatigue, cognition and glycemic outcomes.

  MODERATE · systematic review/meta-analysis · NCCIH Herbs at a Glance

  Mixed findings, product heterogeneity, or indirect evidence are preserved in the detailed profile.

Forms used traditionally

A listed form does not imply it suits every plant part, or that one preparation is interchangeable with another — see the plant’s own notes below.

Cats & dogs

• Caution

  Ingestion of Panax ginseng products can cause agitation, restlessness, tachycardia, hypertension, and gastrointestinal signs in some animals, particularly after large ingestions.

  Intrinsic toxicity · OTHER · ginseng supplement or combined product · MODERATE · veterinary_manual · Toxicosis en animales por suplementos dietéticos y plantas ...

• Caution

  Panax ginseng preparations are generally associated with self-limited signs after large ingestions, including agitation, restlessness, tachycardia, hypertension, and gastrointestinal signs.

  Intrinsic toxicity · OTHER · Panax ginseng, Asian ginseng, red ginseng, or ginseng-complex products · MODERATE · veterinary_manual · Toxicosis en animales por suplementos dietéticos y a base ...

• Caution

  Ingestion of very large amounts of ginseng products can cause agitation, restlessness, tachycardia, hypertension, and gastrointestinal signs; the page calls this ginseng toxicosis.

  Intrinsic toxicity · OTHER · Panax ginseng, Asian ginseng, red ginseng, or ginseng complex · HIGH · veterinary_manual · Toxicoses in Animals From Human Dietary and Herbal Supplements

Additional safety notes (general, unstructured)

Free-text safety notes carried from their source — not broken out by species, route, or hazard type, and not equivalent to the structured records above. Each note names the kind of source it came from.

• SAFETY: Major issues include Insomnia, headache, GI effects; possible hypoglycemia. Contraindications/cautions include Uncontrolled hypertension; hormone-sensitive conditions caution.

  MODERATE · evidence synthesis/fact sheet · NCCIH Herbs at a Glance

• SAFETY: Clinically relevant interaction concerns include May interact with warfarin, glucose-lowering medicines, stimulants, MAOIs and immunosuppressants.

  MODERATE · evidence synthesis/fact sheet · NCCIH Herbs at a Glance

  Some interactions are theoretical or based on case reports/pharmacokinetics rather than outcome trials.

• SAFETY: Pregnancy/lactation reference: Insufficient pregnancy/lactation evidence.

  MODERATE · regulatory monograph or evidence synthesis · NCCIH Herbs at a Glance

  Absence of evidence is not evidence of safety.

• Ingestion of Panax ginseng products can cause agitation, restlessness, tachycardia, hypertension, and gastrointestinal signs in some animals, particularly after large ingestions.

  MODERATE · veterinary_manual · Toxicosis en animales por suplementos dietéticos y plantas ...

  The page discusses ginseng of the genus Panax and lists Panax ginseng, Asian ginseng, and red ginseng; it does not provide species-specific dog-versus-cat data.

• Panax ginseng preparations are generally associated with self-limited signs after large ingestions, including agitation, restlessness, tachycardia, hypertension, and gastrointestinal signs.

  MODERATE · veterinary_manual · Toxicosis en animales por suplementos dietéticos y a base ...

  The page refers to ginseng preparations and animals generally; it does not provide cat-versus-dog susceptibility data or a toxic constituent.

• Ingestion of very large amounts of ginseng products can cause agitation, restlessness, tachycardia, hypertension, and gastrointestinal signs; the page calls this ginseng toxicosis.

  HIGH · veterinary_manual · Toxicoses in Animals From Human Dietary and Herbal Supplements

  The page discusses genus Panax products but does not provide species-specific susceptibility or preparation-specific toxicity data.

Taxonomic identity note

• Asian ginseng is treated here as Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. in the family Araliaceae; recorded older names include Panax schinseng Nees.