I have heard that Panax gives you a really good boost, but it is a really sudden boost whereas American ginseng gives you a more gradual boost.

I don't know about lowering your chi or robbing your blood, but I do know it is and anti-coagulant and a blood thinner. I once spoke to a doctor who did a lot of work with heart transplants who said that they had a lot of problems with Asian patients who took ginseng to try and strengthen themsleves before the heart operation, only to find the operation had to be postponed because of the anticoagulant properties.

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