Compound or practice · Supplement
American Ginseng
Distinct from Asian ginseng — its best data are for glucose control and reducing cold frequency.
- Overall grade
- Grade C
- Last revised
- 2
- graded outcomes
- 0
- references listed
A structured monograph in Prometheus's bundled library. Its grades are the monograph's own reading of the evidence, not a peer-reviewed review.
2 at grade C — 2 graded rows
What is known
Each outcome with its grade (how strong the evidence is, A to D), the size of the effect where the entry records one, and how often studies agree.
- Post-meal glucoseEvidence grade C
Modest
Smallmixed
- Cold incidence/durationEvidence grade C
Specific extract
Smallmixed
What is uncertain
Read off the same rows as above. Nothing here is added that the entry does not itself record.
- Thin evidence: Post-meal glucose (grade C); Cold incidence/duration (grade C).
- Caution with Anticoagulants (warfarin): May reduce warfarin effect — monitor INR.
- Caution with Metformin: Additive glucose lowering.
Interactions
Documented pairings with supplements and medicines. A medicine on this list is a conversation for whoever prescribes it.
Anticoagulants (warfarin)Caution
May reduce warfarin effect — monitor INR.
MetforminCaution
Additive glucose lowering.
The evidence in words
What it is
American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) has a different ginsenoside profile than Asian ginseng and is calmer in effect.
How it works
Ginsenosides with glucose-modulating and immune effects; a specific extract (CVT-E002) is studied for colds.
What the evidence shows
Reasonable evidence for lowering post-meal glucose and for a standardized extract reducing cold incidence/duration in some populations; cognitive signals are smaller. Interacts with warfarin and diabetes drugs.
How to use it
Standardized extract; glucose use with meals, cold-prevention use through winter.
Safety & interactions
Generally safe; additive glucose lowering; may reduce warfarin effect. warfarin — May reduce warfarin effect — monitor INR. metformin — Additive glucose lowering.
Bottom line
Best for post-meal glucose and cold prevention (specific extracts). Mind the warfarin and diabetes-drug interactions.
How it is used
As the entry records it, from the studies it summarises. Not a recommendation for you — doses that suit a trial population may not suit you.
- Standard
- Standardized extract per goal.
Related reading
Entries that share this one's tags or conditions.
- American Ginseng for Cold incidence/durationEvidence grade C — Specific extractEvidence grade C
- American Ginseng for Post-meal glucoseEvidence grade C — ModestEvidence grade C
- American Ginseng: dosage and how to take itStandardized extract per goal.Evidence grade C
- American Ginseng: side effects, safety & interactionsGenerally safe; additive glucose lowering; may reduce warfarin effect.Evidence grade C
Sources
This entry lists no references of its own.
Last revised . A grade is this entry's reading of the evidence, not medical advice.