Ginseng's Pharmacological Character Afterwards--

In terms of 'power', it has 4 features: cold, hot, warm, and cool. They tell you about the strength or weakness of the pharmacological effect and their consistency.

Additionally, all herbal medicines are categorized into the following list of tastes:

• Kambo: sweet; invigorates strength(ginseng).
• Shinsan: spicy hot; helps in diffusion and perspiration.
• Kohan: bitter; reduces fever and lowers temperature.
• Sansap: sour; stops hormone oversecretion and diarrhea by astriction.
• Hamyon: salty; softens and tenderizes.

They are also distinguished according to color:

• blue acts on the liver;
• black acts on the kidneys;
• white acts on the lungs;
• yellow acts on the spleen;
• red acts on the heart.