Adverse Event Profile: Ginseng

Source: FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) Adverse Event Reporting System Total Events: 15 Serious Events: 7 Date Range: 20040106 to 20240917

Top Reported Reactions

  • Rash: 3
  • Swelling: 3
  • Back pain: 3
  • Headache: 3
  • Abdominal pain upper: 2
  • Cystitis: 2
  • Blindness unilateral: 2
  • Breast discomfort: 2
  • Cyanosis: 2
  • Fluid retention: 2
  • Food allergy: 2
  • Head discomfort: 2
  • Optic nerve disorder: 2
  • Pupil fixed: 2
  • Abdominal discomfort: 2
  • Convulsion: 2
  • Fungal infection: 2
  • BODY FAT DISORDER: 1
  • CUSHINGOID: 1
  • FATIGUE: 1

Outcomes

  • Other Serious or Important Medical Event: 8
  • Visited a Health Care Provider: 5
  • Hospitalization: 5
  • Allergic Reaction: 3
  • Other Serious Outcome: 3
  • Other Outcome: 2
  • Life Threatening: 1
  • Disability: 1

Products Involved (13 unique)

  • ARBONNE ENERGYFIZZ GINSENG FIZZ STICKS CITRUS FLAV
  • ARBONNE ENERGYFIZZ GINSENG FIZZ STICKS MANGO PEACH
  • ARBONNE ENERGYFIZZ GINSENG FIZZ STICKS POMEGRANATE
  • ARBONNE ENERGYFIZZ GINSENG FIZZ STICKS WATERMELON
  • ARBONNE GINSENG ENERGY FIZZ STICKS STRAWBERRY FLAV
  • GINSENG
  • GINSENG KIANPI PIL
  • Ginseng
  • MICROINGREDIENTS ORGANIC GINSENG CONCENTRATE
  • NUTRACHAMPS KOREAN RED PANAX GINSENG
  • PURITANS PRIDE GINSENG COMPLEX
  • Panax Ginseng powder
  • SIBERIAN GINSENG

Disclaimer

This data is from the FDA CAERS database. A report does not mean the supplement caused the adverse event. Reports may be incomplete, duplicated, or unrelated. This is for safety awareness only.